My mom died 5 days ago. This was one of her favorite movies. When I stumbled across it posted here I cried. Much thanks and Happy Holidays to the content poster! ❤️
May you recall the good times you had with your mother. Smile with remembrance of her in good health. 🙏 (When my mom died, I wallowed in grief and kept thinking of her last days.)
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I am SO THANKFUL that I finally sat down (age 50) and watched this classic with my mother who is now passed on into New Life. I will treasure the memory as long as I'm here. 🤗
My mom passed away 5 days ago and I found this movie today - one of her favorites - and had some smiles and tears. Somehow I think your family, mine, and countless others share the warmth of this movie. Happy Holidays!
I have the first one with Natalie Wood, and I love it! I love all the versions. This is an excellent movie. I watch it several times during the season.
This is WAAAAY before Natalie Wood’s version., it too is my most favorite version. I think it’s because it was the first one I ever saw. Merry Christmas All!
@@oksills I believe you are mistaken. The Natalie Wood version was made in 1947. This version was made in 1955. The Natalie Wood version was indeed the first one as Janis Young said.
Wright and Carey starred together in a really great movie "Shadow of a Doubt", 1943. Wright became a huge Yankee baseball fan after starring in "Pride of the Yankees" with Gary Cooper in 1942. She died in March 2005. In July of that year, at a ceremony honoring past members of the Yankees, her name was called out and honored along with all the rest of the former members, so well respected by the organization for her dedication as a Yankee fan.
Wow Rick, that was interesting. Thanks👍!! I didn't know that. I also commented on Theresa Wright, in her role in 'Shadow/Doubt', but don't recall MacDonald Carey's role, in it. All that stands out for me, was Joseph Cotton. And like you said, a really great film🎞️😁!!
I'm impressed that in a a 1955 Made for TV version they went to the trouble of mocking up newspapers not just with headlines but the actual articles (what we see of them) really are about "Kris Kringle on Trial."
That always gets my pause button going, and I always appreciate it when they write content with more information. I also like scenes of "files" which include birthdays and blood types for characters.
Have always loved this movie. This is the first time watching this version which was also very good. I watch this movie as much as I can at Christmas 🎄 and I can watch throughout the year because I love ❤️ it so much!! I thought the actors did a fabulous job portraying their characters and everyone involved in the production of this wonderful film Bravo…. Thank you for posting.😊😊
@@sallykershaw4837 I knew about the original one with Natalie Wood as the child starring in it but didn't realize there were several versions. Thank you for your reply.
It's not the hurry up speed of this version. It's that Carey and Wright seemed depressed and emotionally disconnected. Poor Ausan. But Santa taking a club to Sawyer's skull is worth waiting for.
The main character girls name is SUSAN, the Santa Claus is Kris Chris Kringle lol and Santa performs a miracle, I didn't realize this when something told me to look this up lol 34th ST is 3 - 4s
l never seen this movie before but l remember when many artist they remaked this movie in the 1994 but this movie of the 1994 l never seen this movie before and when l was a kid l believed in santa claus and now l have 39 years old and now l dont believe in santa claus but l believe in the christmas and l remember in the channel FOX they played this old movie of christmas and l like to hear the music in enlgish and spanish and like to watch many movies and many series and cartoons
In this video or movie how you want to call it when I was very young I watched it because I didn't know anything about SANTA AND when I went with my father to get the Christmas tree and helped my mother set it up did I realize during the holidays can is really real that's why to me to my children it's the only time of the year It's very precious to me and I have fond memories of it with my family in HONOLULU HAWAII in the 50s as I am 68 years of age and retired as I reflect on life as my mother just passed away at 98 so I can understand your situation and loss but as my father told me once years ago LIFE GOES ON SO BE IT IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON SO HELP ME GOD AMEN AS I AM A CATHOLIC
Wow. I was looking for the Keenan Wynn version (I didn't know it existed) and found this one which I ALSO didn't know existed. I am racking up versions of Miracle like I have been A Christmas Carol (almost 20 versions now)> Thank you for this upload
Are you sure about Keenan Wynn? His father, Ed Wynn was in a 1959 made-for-tv version, is that what you are thinking of, or is there a different one with Keenan too?
This is a beautiful show I had seen this before back in my days I have believed in Sainta when I was a little boy 1957or 58th it's so much i can say about me in this movie but I will let this go for now bye
I haven't seen this TV movie version since it was first shown on TV at Christmas 1955. I recalled Thomas Mitchell as Kris Kringle, and the little girl, and Teresa Wright in Maureen O'Hara's role. Of course, I love the original 1947 movie the best, and the 1994 remake wasn't bad either.
In reality, the court argument would need a crime statistics expert to testify that masses (millions of tons) of packages (not purchased by parents) were, or were not appearing accross the world on Christmas morning. Fun movie, love it.
But that doesn’t prove that he is THE Santa Claus. See I’ve known him all my life and that’s not him, oh there’s many imposters lots of people enjoy acting like him and dressing like him and ho ho hoing like him but I know. Yes I know him. I know him. They cut the drunk Santa out lol.
One of my favorite Christmas movies that I have watched every year starting from a young age. The courtroom scene is epic. 👏👏🎬🎬🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄The movie with Natalie Wood was awesome version definitely.
Hans conreid always a delight in everything he has been in Danny Thomas Uncle in his show in several old radio shows like my Friend Irma I saw him once in a dinner theatre play in cirque dinner theater in Seattle in the 70 s called how the other half loves he was a delight
Actually? This is a holiday installment of a weekly network tv dramatic anthology series:"The 20th Century Fox Hour"that features..the first tv remake of"Miracle On 34th Street".
I can never get enough of this movie I love it but when they redid it and came out with a newer version that one really stunk sometimes they should just stick to the original classic version.
This is so wierd. When I first saw this listed on Circle, I was thinking it was with Natalie Wood, and while I watched a tad, I kept asking myself if I was having a stroke. This 2 plus hour movie into 1 hour is wierd and, even though I'm one who loves vintage,this was not great. Even the remake of Wood's movie is better than this. But thanks for posting, maybe it will grow on me!!
I'm 70 and as a child I remember seeing a little animated Santa in a shop window and thought that he was too small and couldn't be real. Children figure out the Santa Clause myth all on their own.
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This is not the longer version of the movie. Major important scenes & actors are missing. Ill wait fot the full movie this one is missing all the charm & warmth.
I have seen three versions of this classic movie I own two but my favorite ❤️ version is the one with Natalie wood and Maureen O hara but they are all three wonderful just different actors and actresses but story wise pretty much the same
I always compare all the Miracle on 34th Street movies with the Maureen O'Hara & Edmund Gwenn version and this was not bad. Everyone did a good job. Wish it was a tad longer.
this is a very good version a little hurried but all the cast is very good...the edmund gwen nathalie wood version is a classic but i even liked the tv movie version with sebastion cabot!
This is the Christmas episode of the American tv series “The 20th Century Fox Hour”, aired in December 1955. I notice that Mr Shellhammer is played by Hans Conried, who acted in the 5000 Fingers of Dr T, which is one of my favourite though very surrealistic movies from the 50s.
Liked Hans. He's in several sci-fi/horror/fantasy movies, back then. For something, really different of his (or anybody), try watching 'The Twonky'🙄!! He was good in The Monster "That Challenged The World"(57)!!! Surrealistic is another word, for 'trippy'😁.
Lots of borrowed scenes from the original and still by far the best made in the 40's, like watching the parade from Fred's apartment, the newspaper headlines....but it's ok for a made for TV version. Seen one other made for TV around the 1950's and then the really bad ones made in the 1990's.
Be aware this is not the 1947 “miracle on 34th St.“ movie starring Maureen O’Hara, Natalie wood, Edmund Gwenn, etc. I didn’t even know there were others except for that one, but it’s pretty disappointing to find out it wasn’t the one you used to see on TV every year and have come to know and love.
@@alpha-omega2362 it was just one movie that definitely didn’t need a remake of any kind, whether eight years later or nearly 50 years later. Who in their right mind would do that when the original had such incredible classic stars fulfilling those roles, and became such a classic that it was aired on television every holiday season? I think some people just don’t like black and white or anything “old“ and don’t appreciate what the word classic means, probably welcoming a 90s version that they can relate to. What a shame they just don’t “get it.“
If you couldn't tell from the 1955 and the names of the actors that it wasn't the same film, that's on YOU. I recognised right off it wasn't any of the three versions I knew of just by the fact that MacDonald Carey was in it. Get a grip
@@tamiaugustson2562 Relax, Sparky. They’re not giving out Scooby Snacks today for your ability to put your front paws up on the TV screen and stare at every detail and report back. I certainly wasn’t, & skipped over the entire beginning practically while doing paperwork with this movie on my phone in the background. I guess I should get ready for my spanking with a rolled up newspaper because of my inattentiveness. Boo hooo!
Thoughts: 1. Thanks for uploading this; I'd never seen nor heard of it, and it was very interesting to see the story's small screen adaptation. 2. I understand the challenges they faced with condensing the story to 45 minutes, but it just felt entirely too rushed for the story to be told well. There was nothing believable about the relationships that had formed between Susan/Kris, Fred/Doris, and *especially* Doris/Kris - when she signed Susan's letter to Kris, saying she believed in him too, it was like "where did that come from?". 3. I found the two major story changes (the school play and the post office's motivations) to be interesting. I prefer the original version's handling of those plot points, but I didn't dislike the changes, and felt they brought something new and original to the retelling. However - Kris' takedown of Sawyer was pretty DARK! Having him club Sawyer like he was using a baseball bat, and in front of a crowd of children? Nice lesson for the kiddies, "Santa"! 4. Speaking of "nice lessons" - in this version, Mr Macy straight up lies under oath! In the original, they at least showed him envisioning all the faces of the children reacting to Kris, which made it possible for him to believe that he was Santa. In this version, he just lies bc he's afraid of his business suffering! 😄 5. I have liked Thomas Mitchell in every film I'd ever seen him in. Until this one. It's just impossible to watch this version without comparing him to Edmund Gwynn, and recognizing that Gwynn was far better in every scene. Mitchell just doesn't feel like much of a Santa. 6. There one thing about this version that I found preferable to the original: they erased the character of Alfred. I could never stand him! 😄 Again, thanks for uploading!
