Next to It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on thirty fourth Street might just be the second-best black-and-white Christmas film of all time: a funny and original story that captures the spirit of the season. In Latest York City throughout the holiday season, a Macy’s worker named Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara) manages to seek out the shop’s best Santa actor ever. Little does she know, she may need found the actual Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn)
While jolly and charming, Doris feels genuinely unnerved that Kringle believes he’s Santa Claus. And never only that, Kringle has convinced Doris’ young daughter, Susan (Natalie Wood), too. Nonetheless, Kringle’s insistence lands him in a courtroom over accusations against his sanity. With a stint in a sanitarium on the road, a lawyer is tasked with proving that Santa Claus is real.