Miracle on 34th Street (also called
The Big Heart) is a
1947 film which tells the story of a gentle old man, working as a
Santa Claus at a department store, who contends that he really is Santa. It stars
Maureen O'Hara,
John Payne[?],
Edmund Gwenn[?],
Gene Lockhart[?] and
Natalie Wood.
The movie was written by Valentine Davies[?] and George Seaton, and directed by Seaton.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Edmund Gwenn), Best Writing, Original Story (Valentine Davies) and Best Writing, Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Picture.
Miracle on 34th Street was remade twice:
- 1973 - A television version starring Jane Alexander, David Hartman[?], Roddy McDowall, Sebastian Cabot[?], Suzanne Davidson[?], Jim Backus, David Doyle[?] and Tom Bosley[?]. It was adapted by Jeb Rosebrook[?] from the George Seaton screenplay, and directed by Fielder Cook[?].
- 1994, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins[?], Dylan McDermott[?], J.T. Walsh[?], James Remar[?], Jane Leeves[?], Simon Jones[?], William Windom and Mara Wilson[?]. It was adapted by John Hughes from the Seaton script, and directed by Les Mayfield[?].