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Miracle on 34th Street: Directed by George Seaton. With Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart. After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article.
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Dec 2, 2023 · Career actor Edmund Gwenn is arguably best known for playing Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street." His remains were missing for six decades until 2023.
- Andrew Amelinckx
Twentieth Century-Fox was planning Miracle on 34th Street (1947). It had offered the role of "Kris Kringle" to Gwenn's cousin, the well-known character actor Cecil Kellaway , but he had turned it down with the observation that "Americans don't like whimsy".
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Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn.
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award.
When Edmund Gwenn accepted his Best Supporting Actor Oscar, he said, "Now I know there's a Santa Claus." The film was shot during a bitterly cold New York winter. On several occasions, the cameras literally froze.
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Nov 28, 2018 · Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn in "Miracle on 34th Street". That modernity is part of what makes it intriguing to think about “Miracle on 34th Street” through a journalistic prism. It is set in and captures, with great detail, a specific time and place. Yet it transcends those and becomes timeless.
