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Miracle On 34th Street - various vesions

 
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Eadie
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:10 am    Post subject: Miracle On 34th Street - various vesions Reply with quote

The original Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Cast

Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker
John Payne as Frederick M. Gailey
Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle
Gene Lockhart as Judge Henry X. Harper
Natalie Wood as Susan Walker
Porter Hall as Granville Sawyer
William Frawley as Charlie Halloran
Jerome Cowan as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mara
Philip Tonge as Julian Shellhammer

Uncredited Cast

Jack Albertson as Post Office Mail Sorter Al
Harry Antrim as Mr. Rowland Hussey Macy, IV
Lela Bliss as Mrs. Shellhammer
Walden Boyle as Judge's Clerk
Kevin Burke as Child on Santa's Lap
Dorothy Christy as Secretary
Dick Cogan as Department Store Head
Jeff Corey as Reporter
Sheryl Deauville as Double for Natalie Wood
Mike Donovan as Court Bailiff
Teddy Driver as Terry
Mary Field as Dutch Girl's Adopted Mother
William Forrest as Doctor Rogers at Bellevue
Jack Gargan as Chauffeur
Robert Gist as Department Store Window Dresser
Jane Green as Mrs. Harper
Alvin Greenman as Alfred
Alvin Hammer as George
Theresa Harris as Cleo
Percy Helton as Drunken Santa Claus
Herbert Heyes as Mr. Isaac Gimbel, III
Clark Howat as Patron in Macy's Lunchroom
Robert Hyatt as Thomas Mara Jr.
Richard Irving as Reporter
Robert Karnes as Second Bellevue Interne
Fran Lee as Customer
Marlene Lyden as Dutch Girl
Robert Lynn as Macy Salesman
Mae Marsh as Woman in Santa Line
Ida McGuire as Drum Majorette
Joseph McInerney as Bailiff
Jean O'Donnell as Miss Adams
Anne O'Neal as Secretary to Mr. Sawyer
Harold Fraser aka 'Snub' Pollard as Mail-Bearing Court Officer
Lorin Raker as Macy Salesman
Bob Reeves as Court Officer Bearing Mail
Thelma Ritter as Peter's Mother
Stephen Roberts as Security Guard
Jeffrey Sayre as Courtroom Reporter
James Seay as Dr. Pierce
Irene Shirley as R.H. Macy's Secretary
Patty Smith as Alice (uncredited)
Ray Spiker as Court Officer Bearing Mai
Ann Staunton as Mrs. Mara
Brick Sullivan as Guard
nthony Sydes as Peter
Guy Thomajan as Lou
Basil Walker as Bellevue Intern

As to which remake, take your pick!

The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)

(TV movie seen on ABC Dec. 14, 1955)

Cast

Joseph Cotten as Series Host

Macdonald Carey as Fred Gaily
Teresa Wright as Doris Walker
Thomas Mitchell as Kris Kringle
Sandy Descher as Susan Walker
Hans Conried as Mr. Shellhammer
Ray Collins as Judge Harper
Dick Foran as Thomas Mara
John Abbott as Dr. Albert Sawyer
Don Beddoe as Mr. Macy
Whit Bissell as Dr. Pierce
Sara Berner as Woman Shopper
Herb Vigran as Postal Clerk (as Herbert Vigran)
Maudie Prickett as Miss Prossy
Paul Smith as Store Clerk
Herbert Heyes as Mr. Gimbel
Louis Towers as Peter
Earl Robie as Tommy Mara Jr.

Uncredited Cast

Benjie Bancroft as Mail-Bearing Court Officer
John Breen as Reporter
Bud Cokes as Courtroom Spectator
Franklyn Farnum as Executive
James Flavin as Charlie
George Ford as Reporter
Stuart Hall as Departing Customer
Wilbur Mack as Departing Customer
Jack Mower as Mr. Gimbel
Paul Power as Executive
Jessie Proctor as Parent
Bob Reeves as Bailiff
Edward Rickard as Parent
Scott Seaton as Resident
Mabel Smaney as Customer

Miracle on 34th Street (1959)

(Seen on NBC Nov. 22, 1959)

Cast
Ed Wynn as Kris Kringle
Peter Lind Hayes as Fred Gaily
Mary Healy as Doris Walker
Orson Bean as Dr. William Sawyer
Loring Smith as Mr. Shellhammer
Hiram Sherman as R. H. Macy
Susan Gordon as Susan Walker
Larry Weber as Mr. Mara (as Lawrence Weber)
John Gibson as Judge Harper
Joseph Walsh as Al - Post Office Employee (as Joey Walsh)
Arny Freeman as Lou - Post Office Employee (as Arnie Freeman)
William Post Jr. as Mr. Gimbel
Shirley Egleston as Peter's Mother (as Shirley Eggleston)
Frank Daly as The Bailiff
William Griffis as First Santa Claus

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)

(TV movie broadcast Dec. 14. 1973 on CBS)

Cast

Sebastian Cabot as Kris Kringle
Jane Alexander as Karen Walker
David Hartman as Bill Schaffner
Suzanne Davidson as Susan Walker
Jim Backus as Shellhammer
Roddy McDowal as Dr. Sawyer
Tom Bosley as Judge Harper
David Doyle as Mr. Macy
Ellen Weston as Celeste
Roland Winters as Mr. Gimbel
Barry Greenberg as Alfred
James Gregory as District Attorney
Jason Wingreen as Halloran
Conrad Janis as Dr. Pierce
Pepe Serna as YMCA Leader
Janice Carroll as Mrs. Adams
Gloria LeRoy as Mother #1
Darrell Zwerling as Floorwalker
Jack Bernardi as Shop Owner
Burt Mustin as Roy
Liam Dunn as Zookeeper

Uncredited Cast

Luther Fear ... First Mailman in Courtroom
Jerry Hardin ... Bellevue Doctor
Shirley O'Hara ... Mrs. Harper
John Sulprizio ... Boy on Santa's Lap
Maria Sulprizio ... Girl in Department Store

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Cast

Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle
Elizabeth Perkins as Dorey Walker
Dylan McDermott as Bryan Bedford
J.T. Walsh as Ed Collins
James Remar as Jack Duff
Jane Leeves as Alberta Leonard
Simon Jones as Donald Shellhammer
William Windom as C.F. Cole
Mara Wilson as Susan Walker
Robert Prosky as Judge Henry Harper
Kathrine Narducci as Mother
Mary McCormack as Myrna Foy
Alvin Greenman as The Doorman
Allison Janney as Woman in Christmas Shop
Greg Noonan as Cmdr. Coulson
Byrne Piven as Dr. Hunter
Peter Gerety as Cop
Jack McGee as Tony Falacchi (Drunk Santa)
Joe Pentangelo as Bailiff
Mark Damiano II as Daniel
Casey Wurzbach as Judge Harper's Grandson
Jennifer Morrison as Denice
Peter Siragusa as Cabbie
Samantha Krieger as Sami
Horatio Sanz as Orderly
Lisa Sparrman as Rebecca Collins
Kimberly Smith as Court Clerk
Mike Bacarella as Salvation Army Santa
Harve Kolzow as Businessman
Bianca Rose Pucc as Little Girl
Jimmy Joseph Meglio as Little Boy
Hank Johnston as Boy
Margo Buchanan as Another Mother
Bill Buell as Band Director
Ron Beattie as Priest
Alexandra Michelle Stewart as Child
Paige Walker Leavell as Tricia
Rosanna Scotto as News Anchor
Michele Marsh as News Anchor
Joe Moskowitz as News Anchor
Lester Holt as Newscaster
Susie Park as Newscaster
Janet Kauss as Newscaster

Uncredited Cast

Joss Ackland as Victor Landbergh
John D. Bair as Parade Turkey
Melinda Chilton as Reporter
Peter D'Alessio as Reporter
Brian Ferrari as Balloon Handler
Matthew T. Gitkin as Bridge Worker
Eliza Harris as Iceskater
Hank Johnson as Little Boy
Robert Osladil as Popcorn Vendor
Kyle Pittman as Kid
Antonio Polk as Court Reporter
Richard Remppel as Reporter in Court Room
April Sandmeyer as Parade bystander
John Thurner as Newspaper Reporter


Miracle on 34th Street (2001)

(Seen on Backstory Nov. 22, 2001)

Interviewed:

Rudy Behlmer
Robert Hyatt
Maureen O'Hara
Lana Wood


The Miracle on 34th Street (2002)

(Seen on the Fox Movie Chanel Hour of Stars, Dec. 25, 2002)

Re-broadcast of the 1955 TV version.

Miracle On 34th Street (2016)

(Feminist re-telling seen on the Kino-Edwards Picture Show on Feb. 29, 2016)

Cast

Katie Cofield as Fred (Frederica) Gailey
Coco Hames as Mrs. Claus
Samantha Kern as Head Elf
Brand Rackley as Donald Gailey

[The Gaileys are the un-married daughter and grandson of the Mareen o'hara and john Payne characters.]

There are also 2 radio adaptations and a Broadway play. The flagship Macy's Department Store at Herald Square in New York featured a 30-minute puppet version of the story within its Santaland display, featuring the voice talents of Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Victoria Clark.

Backstage and deleted scene photos of the original movie can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/MiracleOn34thSt/

10 Heartwarming a\facts about the original movie: http://mentalfloss.com/article/72465/10-heartwarming-facts-about-miracle-34th-street

All of the various incarnations of the story add interesting additions to our modern Santa Clause mythos and are well worth finding and watching.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you know that The Twilight Zone episode Night Of The Meek



had a semi-sequel The Night They Saved Christmas (ABC December 12, 1984)?



Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_They_Saved_Christmas

IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087797/

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 1994 version had a great trailer. Richard Attenborough is standing on a street corner with Robert Prosky and a child. The child says something to Robert Prosky, not in English. Robert Proskey explains to Richard Attenborough that his Grandson thinks he looks like Santa Claus. They both laugh, and Richard Attenborough leans over and whispers in the child's ear, in the child's language, "I am".

The first version I saw was the 1973 version, but I don't ever remember it being rebroadcast.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@ Eadie: I'd never heard of half those remakes until now. You've earned your film geek credentials for the month!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BRAVO Eadie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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