Film Forum

(1947, George Seaton) Oscar-winning Edmund Gwenn’s white-bearded Kris Kringle is just right for Macy’s Santa – but what if he thinks he really is Santa? Skeptical Maureen O’Hara wants the store’s (pseudo) shrink Porter Hall to commit him, John Payne ends up defending him in court, and precocious kid Natalie Wood is in town, with harried shopper Thelma Ritter (in her debut) already conceived. DCP. Approx. 94 min.

Reviews

“For all those blasé skeptics who do not believe in Santa Claus – and likewise for all those natives who have grown cynical about New York… Let’s catch its spirit and heartily proclaim that it is the freshest little picture in a long time, and maybe even the best comedy of the year.” 
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times