Meet Mr Kringle Part Four of Five (Miracle on 34th Street-Cliff Notes Version)

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.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Merry Christmas
• Happy Holidays
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Kris Kringle
• Macy's

[cutejeeplady]

is this the version where the mail carriers bring in dozens of sacks of mail for Santa ?

[sillygrl23]

I know its silly to ask a movie to change since it was made LONG before I was born, but I think it would have been cool if as a gesture of good will and forgiveness "Santa Clause" gave the defense lawyer maybe the one toy he always wanted as a kid but never got. That would be sweet :)