Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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Corrected entry: Mrs. Walker is introduced as Karen Walker a few times in the movie. When she signs her name on the letter to Kris Kringle she puts Doris, the actress' real name. Not once in the movie is she ever called Doris. Just Karen.

Correction: Fred calls her Doris when they are having an argument about him quitting his job to represent Kris. She is always referred to as Mrs. Walker or Doris, never Karen. Furthermore, Maureen O'Hara's real name isn't even Doris, it's Maureen Fitzsimmons.

Corrected entry: In the final courtroom scene after all of the letters have been placed on the judge's desk, how was he able to sound the gavel if his bench is several layers deep in letters? You can hear the gavel sound again when he says "case dismissed" in the wide shot.

Correction: He could always bang the gavel on the front (vertical) part of the desk. This would be a plausible occurrence, unconventional, but not an unlikely choice under the circumstances.

Corrected entry: The Dutch Christmas song that is sung with the war orphan from Holland is in fact not a Christmas song but a Sinterklaas song. Sinterklaas is an entirely different holiday, celebrated on the 5th of December and has nothing to do with Christmas.

Correction: "Sinterklass" day, celebrated on Dec. 6 (not 5), is the Feast of St. Nicholas according to the Christian calendar. St. Nick is of course Santa Claus, and many countries celebrate that feast with gifts and parties.

Visible crew/equipment: When Kris is being taken to the court house, when he meets Alfred before getting on the elevator, the camera pulls in for a closer angle, and you can see the camera mobile's shadow on a pillar to the left.

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Kris Kringle: You know what the imagination is?
Susan Walker: Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.
Kris Kringle: Well, that can be caused by other things, too.

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Trivia: It was so cold during filming in New York in winter that the cameras froze several times.

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Question: How was it possible in the beginning of the movie for Doris Walker to be able to look out her window and see into Mr. Galey's apartment, where he and Susan were watching the parade? This takes place when Doris returns home midway through the parade and asks Cleo where Susan is. Cleo replies, "Oh, she's watching the parade with that nice Mr. Galey." Doris then goes over to her window, looks out, and sees Mr. Galey and Susan watching the parade.

Answer: I don't understand the question. She looks out of her bay window and sees her daughter with Mr. Galey in his apt. Most buildings in New York are U-shaped, so looking out of your window and seeing another apartment is not uncommon. Besides, buildings were designed with an Art-Deco look back in the 1940s.

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