Miracle on 34th Street

Synopsis

Edmund Gwenn won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a department-store Santa Claus who runs afoul of the store's nasty in-house psychiatrist and is forced to go on trial to prove he's the real Kris Kringle. A Best Picture nominee, the film's director George Seaton won an Oscar for his script.

Production

TV-G | 96 minutes | Directed by George Seaton | Twentieth Century Fox| 1947

Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall

Picture This features free film screenings every Monday at 6:00 pm in the Central Library's Neil Morgan Auditorium. Check back here, on the library calendar, for the most up-to-date lineup of films.

This program is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Underground parking can be accessed from 11th Ave and is free for 2 hours with validation in the main lobby. The Central Library entrance is also conveniently located along the Blue and Orange trolley lines, between the Park/Market and 12th/Imperial trolley stops.