rex harrison played kris kringle in the original miracle on 34th street.
rex harrison played kris kringle in the original miracle on 34th street.
who played kris kringle in the original miracle on 34th street?
rex harrison
bullet::::- in the film "miracle on 34th street" (1947), the identity of kris kringle (played by edmund gwenn) as the one and only "santa claus" was validated by a state court, based on the delivery of 21 bags of mail (famously carried into the courtroom) to the character in question. the contention was that it would have been illegal for the united states post office to deliver mail that was addressed to "santa claus" to the character "kris kringle" unless he were, in fact, the one and only santa claus. judge henry x. harper (played by gene lockhart) ruled that since the u.s. government had demonstrated through the delivery of the bags of mail that kris kringle was santa claus, the state of new york did not have the authority to overrule that decision.
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the miracle on 34th street (the 20th century fox hour)









































the miracle on 34th street is the christmas episode of the american anthology television series "the 20th century fox hour". broadcast on december 14, 1955, it was directed by robert stevenson, with stars macdonald carey, teresa wright and thomas mitchell as kris kringle. this version, now digitally remastered, has been included in several home video releases of the original 1947 film version as a bonus feature.









































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bullet::::- macdonald carey as fred gaily









































bullet::::- teresa wright as doris walker









































bullet::::- thomas mitchell as kris kringle
the miracle on 34th street (the 20th century fox hour)