Miracle on 34th Street with Maureen O'Hara: DVD Cover
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Miracle on 34th Street
a.k.a. Big Heart Director: George Seaton Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood

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  • DVD Release Date: 11/21/2006
  • Original Release: 1947
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 58
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Features

All-new colorized version, original version in black & white; Feature audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara; AMC Backstory®: Miracle on 34th Street; Fox Movietone News footage: Hollywood Spotlight; Miracle on 34th Street TV version; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Floating in History featurette; Promotional short; Poster gallery

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Miracle on 34th Street [Colorized]
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. A Mistake With the Reindeer [1:27]
3. Replacement Santa [3:29]
4. Macy's Thanksgiving Parade [1:32]
5. The 50-Yard Line [5:44]
6. Christmas Commercialism [2:35]
7. A New Sales Tactic [3:16]
8. Susan Meets Kris Kringle [6:41]
9. A Store With a Heart [5:36]
10. Mental Examination [6:05]
11. A Lesson in Pretending [5:06]
12. Susan's Christmas Wish [3:42]
13. The Christmas Spirit Grows [4:02]
14. Alfred's Guilt Complex [2:33]
15. Sawyer's Bump [2:36]
16. Kris Gets Committed [5:49]
17. Anything but Routine [4:41]
18. Kringle's Kourt Kase [3:57]
19. Differences of Opinion [3:35]
20. Is There or Is There Not a Santa Claus? [8:14]
21. Susan's Letter [3:49]
22. Many Pieces of Evidence [4:58]
23. Christmas Morning [2:37]
24. Believe and Receive [2:32]
Disc #2 -- Miracle on 34th Street
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. A Mistake With the Reindeer [1:27]
3. Replacement Santa [3:29]
4. Macy's Thanksgiving Parade [1:32]
5. The 50-Yard Line [5:44]
6. Christmas Commercialism [2:35]
7. A New Sales Tactic [3:16]
8. Susan Meets Kris Kringle [6:41]
9. A Store With a Heart [5:36]
10. Mental Examination [6:05]
11. A Lesson in Pretending [5:06]
12. Susan's Christmas Wish [3:42]
13. The Christmas Spirit Grows [4:02]
14. Alfred's Guilt Complex [2:33]
15. Sawyer's Bump [2:36]
16. Kris Gets Committed [5:49]
17. Anything but Routine [4:41]
18. Kringle's Kourt Kase [3:57]
19. Differences of Opinion [3:35]
20. Is There or Is There Not a Santa Claus? [8:14]
21. Susan's Letter [3:49]
22. Many Pieces of Evidence [4:58]
23. Christmas Morning [2:37]
24. Believe and Receive [2:32]

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Editorial Reviews

Edmund Gwenn plays Kris Kringle, a bearded old gent who is the living image of Santa Claus. Serving as a last-minute replacement for the drunken Santa who was to have led Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Kringle is offered a job as a Macy's toy-department Santa. Supervisor Maureen O'Hara soon begins having second thoughts about hiring Kris: it's bad enough that he is laboring under the delusion that he's the genuine Saint Nick; but when he begins advising customers to shop elsewhere for toys that they can't find at Macy's, he's gone too far! Amazingly, Mr. Macy (Harry Antrim) considers Kris' shopping tips to be an excellent customer-service "gimmick," and insists that the old fellow keep his job. A resident of a Long Island retirement home, Kris agrees to take a room with lawyer John Payne during the Christmas season. It happens that Payne is sweet on O'Hara, and Kris subliminally hopes he can bring the two together. Kris is also desirous of winning over the divorced O'Hara's little daughter Natalie Wood, who in her few years on earth has lost a lot of the Christmas spirit. Complications ensue when Porter Hall, Macy's nasty in-house psychologist, arranges to have Kris locked up in Bellevue as a lunatic. Payne represents Kris at his sanity hearing, rocking the New York judicial system to its foundations by endeavoring to prove in court that Kris is, indeed, the real Santa Claus! We won't tell you how he does it: suffice to say that there's a joyous ending for Payne and O'Hara, as well as a wonderful faith-affirming denouement for little Natalie Wood. 72-year-old Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for his portrayal of the "jolly old elf" Kringle; the rest of the cast is populated by such never-fail pros as Gene Lockhart (as the beleaguered sanity-hearing judge), William Frawley (as a crafty political boss), and an unbilled Thelma Ritter and Jack Albertson. Based on the novel by Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street was remade twice: once for TV in 1973, and a second time for a 1994 theatrical release, with Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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As good if not better than the original!by Anonymous

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December 12, 2006: I loved the original 34th street and didn't expect much from a "new" version. But I thoroughly enjoy this movie and watch it at least 2 or 3 times every Christmas as well as a couple of times through the year. If you-deep down in your heart-believe in the magic of Santa and Christmas, you will love this movie too.

The Original Version Is The Best Version! Magnificent!by Anonymous

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March 12, 2006: This is a superb Thanksgiving/Christmas movie and the whole cast is wonderful, especially Natalie Wood, Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn and John Payne. I highly recommend buying this magnificent black and white classic on DVD! The remake starring Mara Wilson was okay but not great and lacked the charm and warmth of this version!

This review was written about the DVD edition.


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