Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)

E517148

Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film) is a classic American Christmas fantasy film about a man claiming to be the real Santa Claus and the court case that determines his authenticity.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
academyAwardWinningActor Edmund Gwenn
authorOfSourceWork Valentine Davies
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Story
Academy Award for Best Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
basedOn short story "Miracle on 34th Street"
castMember Edmund Gwenn
Gene Lockhart
Jerome Cowan
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
linked to: Maureen O’Hara

Natalie Wood
Porter Hall
William Frawley
characterPortrayed Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle
linked to: Santa Claus

John Payne as Fred Gailey
Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker
Natalie Wood as Susan Walker
cinematographer Lloyd Ahern Sr.
colorProcess black and white
composer Cyril J. Mockridge
countryOfOrigin United States
director George Seaton
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor 20th Century Fox
editor Robert L. Simpson
featuresOrganization Gimbels
Macy's
genre Christmas fantasy
courtroom drama
family film
hasRemake Miracle on 34th Street (1955 TV film)
Miracle on 34th Street (1959 TV film)
Miracle on 34th Street (1973 film)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)
mainCharacter Doris Walker
Fred Gailey
Kris Kringle
linked to: Santa Claus

Susan Walker
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor depiction of Santa Claus as a real person tested in court
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A man claiming to be the real Santa Claus faces a court case to determine his sanity and authenticity.
producer William Perlberg
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDate 1947-06-04
releaseYear 1947
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter George Seaton
setInLocation Macy's Herald Square
New York City
timePeriodOfSetting post-World War II era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film) basedOn Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film) remakeOf Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
20th Academy Awards bestSupportingActorFilm Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
20th Academy Awards bestOriginalScreenplayWinner Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
20th Academy Awards bestScreenplayWinner Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Taylor Holmes notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Natalie Wood notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
John Payne notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton directed Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton wroteScreenplayFor Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
William Frawley notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Maureen O’Hara notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Here's Love basedOn Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: Here’s Love
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Here's Love basedOn 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: Here’s Love
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Edmund Gwenn notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Edmund Gwenn portrayedIn Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Gimbels culturalReference featured in film “Miracle on 34th Street”
subject linked to: Gimbels department store
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Robert L. Simpson notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Gene Lockhart notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Porter Hall notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Miracle on 34th Street (novelization by Valentine Davies) basedOn Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Dorey Walker fictionalUniverse Miracle on 34th Street franchise
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Dorey Walker basedOnWork Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Valentine Davies notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Valentine Davies wrote Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Bryan Bedford fictionalUniverse Miracle on 34th Street franchise
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
1948 Academy Awards bestSupportingActorFilm Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
1948 Academy Awards bestOriginalScreenplayWinner Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
1948 Academy Awards bestScreenplayWinner Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
1948 Academy Awards bestStoryWinner Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Mary Field notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Natasha Gurdin notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: Seaton
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: George Edward Stenius
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton directed Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: George Edward Stenius
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
George Seaton wroteScreenplayFor Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: George Edward Stenius
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Edmund John Kellaway notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Edmund John Kellaway awardReceivedFor Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
William Frawley workedOn Miracle on 34th Street
subject linked to: William Clement Frawley
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)
Maureen FitzSimons notableWork Miracle on 34th Street
linked to: Miracle on 34th Street (1947 film)