Meet Mr Kringle Part One of Five (Miracle on 34th Street-Cliff Notes Version)
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Uploaded by Christmasfellow2008 on Dec 22, 2008
Or at least, that's the name of what this teleplay was but there is no mistaking that it's the Cliff Notes version of Miracle on 34th Street. Back in the fifties, a TV was in it's infancy, networks often had trouble providing original programming for the growing medium. You know, the same problem they have these days.
It wasn't unusual to take a film teleplay and adapting it for televison which generally meant cutting enough out of the script to fit the show into an hour format (less after commercials.) It originally aired as part of the 20th Century Fox hour in 1955. In fact, this was nominated for an Emmy for best screenplay adaptation.
Theresa Wright(Mrs. Lou Geherig in Pride of the Yankees) fills in for Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell takes over for Edmund Gween, MacDonald Carey (Mr. Sands through the hour glass) takes over for John Payne and Sandy Descher takes over for Natalie Wood. If you've ever seen the movie Them!, you'll recognize Sandy as the traumatized little girl who yells THEM! And they bring it all home in just under an hour.
Note: Use the video links to maneuver between parts. Because of a youtube glitch parts were uploaded out of order.
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Dear NYVoice,Ms.Wright and Mr.Carey aren't the only performers..who look uncomfortable doing this first tv remake of"Miracle On 34th St"? Mr.James Flavin,Mr.Ray Collins(Yes! before he went onto become "Police Lt.Tragg" on "Perry Mason"on CBS TV two years later)Mr.Collins and Mr.Flavin seemed unhappy about doing this show too.
TheStanbabe 1 year ago
I'm afraid that I made a mistake in regards to the airdate of the second CBS TV adaptation of"Miracle On 34th Street"..It aired on November 27,1959..not 1958.
My apologies to Christmas Fellow and to the users of this site.
TheStanbabe 1 year ago
Dear Christmas Fellow,There was a second tv version of"Miracle On 34th Street"that aired on CBS TV in 1958.Ed Wynn played "Kris Kringle"on that version.
TheStanbabe 1 year ago
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emcce69 1 year ago
The description is very informative. I suggest reading it - at the risk of being misinformed.
GenghisKhan44 1 year ago
"THE 20th CENTURY-FOX HOUR" (1955-'57) [which alternated bi-weekly with "THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR" on CBS] often refilmed most of its famous theatrical movies in hour-long editions; this was indeed their "Christmas" offering, first telecast on December 14, 1955. The only drawback is that this version omits original host Joseph Cotten's introduction to the story.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Hey! It's the Lubavitcher Rebbe!
OldMrMemories 2 years ago
This is a really terrible remake.
strtrkker 2 years ago
Im "in" this play and i think that trashed the chance of seeing this movie.
ASRkitty1 2 years ago
This version is spooky. I love Thomas Mitchell but Carey and the lovely Teresa Wright look downright miserable. You'd think they were constipated. The scene (a spoiler) where Kris clubs the guy on the school stage is hilarious! What a lawsuit that would be today.
NYVoice 3 years ago