Miracle on 34th Street, the original. The one with Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and Gene Lockhart.
It had a really great story line, kindness, comedy, greed, romance -- it really had it all. The best part was when the judge couldn't decide whether Mr. Claus was crazy or real! I loved it when the postal workers carried into and placed before the judge bag after bag of letters children had written to Santa Claus. Since the United States Post Office took these letters that meant that the post office, being a government institution, had inadvertently declared Santa Claus to be a "real person." The story was heart warming and made you feel good, and that's why I've always loved this one.
-- Helen Thompson, Othello











