Miracle on 34th Street | Movie premiered in 1947

Miracle on 34th Street 1947 At the Macy's Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade, the replacement Santa proves to be a sensation and is quickly recruited to be the store Santa at the main Macy's outlet. He calls himself Kris Kringle and he claims to be the actual Santa Claus. Despite reassurances that he is harmless, people begin to notice there is something special about Kris and his determination to advance the true spirit of Christmas amidst the rampant commercialism around him. Kris finds himself held at Bellevue. Everything seems lost until Fred Gaily, agrees to represent him in the fight to secure his release. Fred arranges a formal hearing in which he argues that Kris is sane because he is in fact Santa Claus. What ensues is a bizarre hearing in which people's beliefs are reexamined and put to the test. The cast includes Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, William Frawley, and Natalie Wood