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©2006
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2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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"Colorized" version originally released in 1985 ; Originally released, in b&w, as a motion picture in 1947
Features: disc 1. new colorized version, audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara ; disc 2. original black and white version, audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara, AMC backstory featurette, Fox Movietone news footage, Miracle on 34th Street TV version, Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade floating in history featurette, promotional short, poster gallery
The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is
Disc one special features: All-new colorized version ; feature audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara
Disc two special features: Original version in black & white ; feature audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara ; AMC's Hollywood Backstories: "Miracle on 34th Street" (22 min.) ; Fox Movietone News footage: "Hollywood spotlight" ; 'Miracle on 34th Street' TV version from 20th Century Fox's Hour of stars (46 min., c1955) ; "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: floating in history" featurette (16 min.) ; promotional short ; poster gallery
Directors of photography, Lloyd Ahern, Charles Clarke ; art directors, Richard Day, Richard Irvine ; editor, Robert Simpson ; music, Cyril Mockridge
Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Philip Tonge
Canadian Home Video rating: G
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; single layer (disc 1), dual layer (disc 2), NTSC
English (5.1 Dolby surround), English (mono.), French (mono.), Spanish (mono.); subtitled in English and Spanish; closed-captioned
Academy Award winner (1947): Best Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn); Best Writing, Original Story; Best Writing, Screenplay. Academy Award nominee for Best Picture