Miracle on 34th Street / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; written for the screen by George Seaton ; story by Valentine Davies ; produced by William Perlberg ; directed by George Seaton. Miracle on 34th Street / Twentieth Century Fox presents a John Hughes production ; a Les Mayfield film ; screenplay by George Seaton and John Hughes ; produced by John Hughes ; directed by Les Mayfield.
1947: b & w, 96 min., full screen (1.33:1) presentation. 1994: color, 113 min., widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. 1947: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Philip Tonge. 1994: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, James Remar, Mara Wilson, Robert Brosky. Original version (1947) originally produced as a motion picture in 1947. Remake (1994) originally produced as a motion picture in 1994, based on the 1947 motion picture screenplay by George Seaton and story by Valentine Davies. Title from container. "Own the moments"--Container.
Summary:
1947: The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is. 1994: Remake of the 1947 movie in which Kris Kringle (Attenborough), while working at Macy's, encounters an unbelieving child (Wilson) and goes on trial to prove he is Santa.
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