"between two women"". The film contains in-jokes referring to co-star Edmund Gwenn's most famous film role, playing Kris Kringle in ""Miracle on 34th Street"". At one point, the Harry Graham character derisively refers to Gwenn's Mr. Jordan character as ""Santa Claus"". In another scene, Harry is on a tour bus in Beverly Hills, driving past the homes of movie stars. One of the homes visited on the tour is that of Edmund Gwenn, with the tour operator noting that Gwenn is known to the world as Santa Claus from ""Miracle on 34th Street"". Harry then comments about how much he"
"Miracle on 34th Street Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite. ""Miracle on 34th Street"" won three Academy Awards: Gwenn for"
"Season 4 episode, ""The Haunted House"" and the Season 5 episode, ""Prisoner of Love"". Seay served in the United States Army during World War II. James Seay James Seay (September 9, 1914 in Pasadena, California – October 10, 1992 in Capistrano Beach, California) was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials. Although it was a minor part not credited on-screen, his role in the film ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1947) is one of his most visible because the film is a staple of Christmas repeats on television. Among his many credits, Seay appeared in"
"John Payne (actor) John Howard Payne (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in ""Miracle on 34th Street"" and the NBC Western television series ""The Restless Gun"". Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia. His mother, Ida Hope (""née"" Schaeffer), a singer, graduated from the Virginia Seminary in Roanoke and married George Washington Payne, a developer in Roanoke. They lived at Fort Lewis, an antebellum mansion that became a state historic property but was destroyed by"
"of its British colony. He had a small role as a Cockney assassin in a Hitchcock film, ""Foreign Correspondent"" in 1940. For his Father Christmas role in ""Miracle on 34th Street"" he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in ""Mister 880"" (1950). Near the end of his career he played one of the main roles in ""Them!"" (1954) and in Hitchcock's ""The Trouble with Harry"" (1955). On Broadway Gwenn starred in a 1942 production of Chekhov's ""Three Sisters"", with Judith Anderson and Ruth Gordon; it was produced by and"
"James Seay James Seay (September 9, 1914 in Pasadena, California – October 10, 1992 in Capistrano Beach, California) was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials. Although it was a minor part not credited on-screen, his role in the film ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1947) is one of his most visible because the film is a staple of Christmas repeats on television. Among his many credits, Seay appeared in minor roles in a couple of episodes of ""Adventures of Superman"" television series: ""The Mind Machine"" (as a senator) and ""Jungle Devil"" (as an airplane"
"Robert Englund Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and director, best known for playing the infamous serial killer Freddy Krueger in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for """" in 1987 and """" in 1988. Englund is a classically trained actor. Englund was born on June 6, 1947, in Glendale, California, the son of Janis (née MacDonald) and John Kent Englund, an aeronautics engineer who helped develop the Lockheed U-2 airplane. He is of part Swedish ancestry and part Scottish. Englund"
"2010, and 2015. Valentine Davies Valentine Loewi Davies (August 25, 1905 – July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1947), ""Chicken Every Sunday"" (1949), ""It Happens Every Spring"" (1949), ""The Bridges at Toko-Ri"" (1954), and ""The Benny Goodman Story"" (1955). He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""The Glenn Miller Story"". Davies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan where he developed his writing skill with a column in"
"in the ""Motion Picture Herald"". Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including ""The Ladykillers"" and ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in ""Great Expectations"" (1946), Fagin in ""Oliver Twist"" (1948), Col. Nicholson in ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince"
"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. Streaming audio Miracle on 34th Street Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa"
"Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film) Miracle on 34th Street is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy film written and produced by John Hughes, and directed by Les Mayfield (the two would reunite for 1997's ""Flubber""). It stars Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, and Dylan McDermott, and is the fourth remake (and the second theatrical version) of the original 1947 film. Like the original, this film was released by 20th Century Fox. The New York City based Macy's department store declined any involvement with this remake, so the fictitious ""Cole's"" became its replacement. Gimbels had gone out of business in"
"James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in ""Affliction"". A capable, rough-hewn leading man, his toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in westerns and action films, such as ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""Hell Is for Heroes"", ""The Great Escape"", ""Charade"", ""Our Man Flint"", ""In Like Flint"", ""Duck,"
"and Susan). For his contributions to radio and television, Bracken has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1651 Vine Street and 6751 Hollywood Boulevard respectively. Eddie Bracken Edward Vincent Bracken (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken became a Hollywood comedy legend with lead performances in the films ""Hail the Conquering Hero"" and ""The Miracle of Morgan's Creek"" both in 1944, and both have been preserved by the National Film Registry. During this era, he also had success on Broadway, with performances in plays like ""Too Many Girls"" (1941). Bracken's later movie"
"unusual story behind this name. Colin was born as 'Colin Edwin Thompson'. When he became an actor he had to change his name because no actor can have the same name. He took his middle name and changed the spelling. His idol was an actor called Ed Wynn and changed his name so it had the same spelling. The name Edwynn is not Welsh, Scottish or Irish or any other name. It was made up. Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap"
"Jonny Coyne Jonathan Coyne is an English actor, the middle child of a seamstress and a professional footballer. He is best known for playing Warden Edwin James on Fox's short-lived series, ""Alcatraz"" (2012).<ref name=""http://www.deadline.com""></ref> He also appeared as Dr. Lydgate in ""Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"" and ""Once Upon a Time""<ref name=""http://onceuponatimeinwonderland.com""></ref> and recurred as George de Mohrenschildt in 11.22.63. Coyne's earliest performances were in school plays. He played leading roles in two productions: The Judge in Oscar Wilde's ""Hang of the Gaol"" and Phaeton in Ovid's ""Chariot of the Sun"". He won rave reviews for his performances in"
"Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including ""The Ladykillers"" and ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in ""Great Expectations"" (1946), Fagin in ""Oliver Twist"" (1948), Col. Nicholson in ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in ""Lawrence of Arabia"""
"Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"" between 1967 and 1972. He appeared in several episodes of the long running BBC Radio comedy ""The Clitheroe Kid"" as Mr Humphrey Brocklebank. He has also appeared in the television series ""Bergerac"" and ""Heartbeat"". Edwynn had a minor role to play in the television situation-comedy series ""Dinnerladies"" as the character Bert (Season 2; Episode 1: ""Catering""). Since 1981 he has run the Queen's Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire. There is a very"
"Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably ""Wonder Man"" (1945), ""The Kid from Brooklyn"" (1946), ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), ""The Inspector General"" (1949), ""Hans Christian Andersen"" (1952), ""White Christmas"" (1954), and ""The Court Jester"" (1956). His films were popular, especially his performances of patter songs and favorites such as ""Inchworm"" and ""The Ugly Duckling."" He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in"
"was actually born in 1911. Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably ""Wonder Man"" (1945), ""The Kid from Brooklyn"" (1946), ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), ""The Inspector General"" (1949), ""Hans Christian Andersen"" (1952), ""White Christmas"" (1954), and ""The Court Jester"" (1956). His films were popular, especially his performances of patter songs and favorites such as ""Inchworm"" and ""The Ugly Duckling."" He was the"
"Valentine Davies Valentine Loewi Davies (August 25, 1905 – July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1947), ""Chicken Every Sunday"" (1949), ""It Happens Every Spring"" (1949), ""The Bridges at Toko-Ri"" (1954), and ""The Benny Goodman Story"" (1955). He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""The Glenn Miller Story"". Davies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan where he developed his writing skill with a column in the Michigan Daily"
"Miracle on 34th Street (1973 film) Miracle on 34th Street is a 1973 American made-for-television Christmas fantasy drama film directed by Fielder Cook. It is the third remake of the original 1947 film. Like the original, this film was produced by 20th Century Fox. Additionally, the New York City-based Macy's department store allowed their name to be used in this film, unlike later versions. When an old man (Sebastian Cabot) spies the department store Santa Claus get drunk before taking part in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, he immediately locates and complains to Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), the parade director. She"
"of Bacchus King of Mardi Gras. Greene was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2015. Lorne Greene Lorne Hyman Greene, (born Lyon Himan Green; February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, radio personality, and singer. His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western ""Bonanza"", and Commander Adama in the original science fiction television series ""Battlestar Galactica"" and ""Galactica 1980"". He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series ""Lorne Greene's New Wilderness"", and in television commercials. Greene was born Lyon Himan Green in Ottawa, Ontario, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Dora (née Grinovsky) and"
"York Story"" and ""Follies"", which he left to be in ""It’s a Wonderful Life"". Additional stage credits include ""Salt Water"" (1929–1930), ""Saluta"" (1934), ""Moon Over Mulberry Street"" (1935–1936), and ""Siege "" (1937). Edmunds died in Los Angeles, California, at age 95. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. William Edmunds (actor) William Edmunds (July 15, 1886 – December 7, 1981) was an Italian stage and screen character actor, typically playing roles with heavy accents (generally Italian, Spanish, and French), most notable as Mr. Giuseppe Martini in ""It's a Wonderful Life"". Born the son of Donato and Giovannina"
"Van Heflin Emmett Evan ""Van"" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""Johnny Eager"" (1942). He also had memorable roles in Westerns such as ""Shane"" (1953), """" (1957), and ""Gunman's Walk"" (1958). Heflin was born in Walters, Oklahoma, the son of Fanny Bleecker (née Shippey) and Dr. Emmett Evan Heflin, a dentist."
"favorite in many community and regional theaters during the Christmas season. The characters' names are those used in the novella, and the stage setting is distinctly late 1940s. Production rights are held by Samuel French, Inc. A 1955 one-hour television adaptation of the movie starred Thomas Mitchell as Kris, Macdonald Carey as Fred, Teresa Wright as Doris, and Sandy Descher as Susan. This version did not show the drunken Santa at all. Titled ""The Miracle on 34th Street"", it originally aired as an episode of ""The 20th Century Fox Hour"". It was later re-run as ""Meet Mr. Kringle"". Ed Wynn"
"""Annals of Crime,"" the series was combined with several comics and illustrations. Former Secret Service Director, James Maloney blamed Juettner for the rise in counterfeiting incidents in the United States. The life of Emerich Juettner inspired the 1950 comedy film ""Mister 880"", directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Burt Lancaster as the Secret Service agent in charge of the investigation and Edmund Gwenn (in a supporting role) as the character based off of Juettner. The film was based on St. Clair McKelway's article on Juettner. Gwenn won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his"
"Chris Emmett Christopher Roderick Emmett (born 13 December 1938 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is a British actor and comedian best known for his work in the late 1970s on the BBC Radio 4 comedy ""The Burkiss Way"" and the fabulous ""Alison and Maud"". He was a regular on various series starring Roy Hudd, including ""The News Huddlines"", ""The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes"", ""Huddwinks"" and ""Crowned Hudds"". He was also a regular on ""Week Ending"" and appeared in a number of sketches in the television game show ""3-2-1"". He is a member of the showbusiness charitable fraternity the Grand Order"
"Barney Phillips Bernard Philip Ofner (October 20, 1913 – August 17, 1982) – better known by his stage name Barney Phillips – was an American film, television, and radio actor. His most prominent roles include a recurring supporting role as Sgt. Ed Jacobs on the 1950s ""Dragnet"" television series, appearances in the 1960s on ""The Twilight Zone"" such as a Venusian living under cover on Earth in ""Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?"", and a supporting role as actor Fletcher Huff in the short-lived 1970s series ""The Betty White Show. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harry"
"a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6441 Hollywood Boulevard. Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in ""Roman Holiday"", and in 1973 for ""The Heartbreak Kid"". Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the ""Brother Rat"" films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical ""Oklahoma!"", and the sadistic prison warden in 1974's ""The Longest Yard"". He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in"
"Leo Genn Leopold John ""Leo"" Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. He is perhaps best known for his role as Petronius in the 1951 film ""Quo Vadis"", which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Genn was born at 144 Kyverdale Road, Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, the son of Woolfe (William) Genn, a jewellery salesman, and Rachel Genn (née Asserson). His parents were both Jewish. Genn attended the City of London School and studied law at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, qualifying as a barrister in 1928. He ceased practising"
"about the supporting cast: ""Sydney Greenstreet's portrayal of the soap despot emerges as the performance of the picture, as does Keenan Wynn as the ham ex-burlesque candy butcher gone radio comic. Ava Gardner is thoroughly believable as the on-the-make songstress; Adolphe Menjou is the harassed head of the radio agency which caters to Evans' whilom ways because it's a $10 million account."" Finally, there was an observation, politely put, that no doubt crossed the minds of many 1947 moviegoers: ""Gable looks trim and fit but somehow a shade too mature for the capricious role of the huckster who talks his"
"Michael Gwynn Michael Gwynn (30 November 1916 in Bath, Somerset – 29 January 1976 in London) was an English actor. He attended Mayfield College near Mayfield, Sussex. During the Second World War he served in East Africa as a major and was adjutant to the 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion of the King's African Rifles. Gwynn is perhaps best remembered for his role in the first episode of the BBC comedy ""Fawlty Towers"" ""A Touch of Class"" (1975) as the conman ""Lord"" Melbury who eventually humiliates Basil Fawlty. For Hammer Films, he performed in several productions including the war film ""The Camp"
"William Holden William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor who was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s and 1960s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ""Stalag 17"" (1953), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film ""The Blue Knight"" (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including ""Sunset Boulevard"", ""Sabrina"", ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", ""The Wild Bunch"", ""Picnic"" and ""Network"". He was"