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The Lux Radio adaptation of the film Miracle On 34th Street, in which a Macy's Department store Santa claims to be the real Kris Kringle.
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00:00Lux presents Hollywood.
00:10Lever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, bring you the Lux Radio Theater,
00:18starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Edmund Gwynn in Miracle on 34th Street.
00:25Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeley.
00:30Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
00:37Our Christmas present to you is the new Christmas classic of our time, Miracle on 34th Street.
00:44It's wrapped in a gay covering of laughter, tied with a bright ribbon of good humor,
00:50and decorated with the three sparkling stars of the 20th Century Fox picture,
00:55Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Edmund Gwynn.
01:00This is a wonderful story for the whole family,
01:03and perhaps some families may be gathered around a Christmas tree as they listen.
01:09Others will be putting up this happy sign of the season in a few days,
01:12with lights and ornaments, and the shining snow that can be made with Lux Flakes.
01:19Later we'll tell you how to do this trick with Lux.
01:21But right now, it's curtain time for the play that proves There's a Santa Claus,
01:28Miracle on 34th Street, starring Maureen O'Hara as Doris,
01:32John Payne as Fred, and Edmund Gwynn in his Academy Award winning performance as Chris Kingle.
01:39It's Thanksgiving Day in New York City.
01:51On a broad avenue adjoining Central Park, an annual event is being joyfully awaited.
01:57The spectacular parade presented by Macy's department store to herald in the Christmas season.
02:03Away from the crowd are two of Macy's public relations experts.
02:07He's simply wonderful, Mrs. Walker.
02:11Just look at him on that float.
02:13The most realistic Santa Claus we've ever had.
02:16Why, he didn't even need any padding, did he?
02:19Padding?
02:20Why, didn't you notice his tummy?
02:22So round, so firm, so fully packed.
02:26Well, now that everything's under control, where on earth did you find him?
02:30I don't know.
02:31I just turned around and there he was.
02:33And to think that the man whose place he took was intoxicated.
02:37With a breath that would knock over a reindeer.
02:39Oh, just think if Mr. Macy had seen him.
02:41What if Mr. Gimble had seen him?
02:43Competition between our stores is tough enough.
02:47Well, the parade's starting.
02:48Let's stand at the curb.
02:49Not I, Mr. Shellhammer.
02:51I'm going home to relax.
02:53Anyway, I can see it from there.
02:54I live just around the corner.
02:55Oh, so you do.
02:56Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Mrs. Walker.
02:58And congratulations on finding the best Santa Claus in Macy's history.
03:15It certainly is a wonderful parade, Susan.
03:17Just look at that clown.
03:19Gosh, what a giant.
03:21Giant, Mr. Galey?
03:23There are no such things as giants.
03:25Well, not now, maybe.
03:27But in olden days, there's...
03:29Really, Mr. Galey?
03:30And you're a liar.
03:32Well, what about the giant that Jack killed?
03:35You know, Jack and the Beanstalk?
03:36Everybody knows that's a fairy tale.
03:39And I agree with my mother.
03:41Fairy tales are silly.
03:43Come in.
03:44Good afternoon.
03:45I'm Mrs. Mother.
03:46My name is Mrs.
03:47Oh, hello, Mother.
03:48I'm watching the parade.
03:50Mr. Galey invited me.
03:51Hello, darling.
03:52Susie's told me quite a lot about you, Mrs. Walker.
03:54She's told me quite a lot about you, too.
03:56The man in the front apartment.
03:58Well, this is all part of a plot, Mrs. Walker.
04:01I'm very fond of Susie, but I...
04:03I also wanted to meet you.
04:05At least you're Frank.
04:06There's no Santa Claus!
04:08Oh, don't even mention the name.
04:10Why not, Mother?
04:11Well, that Santa Claus you see is a last-minute substitute.
04:15But why?
04:16Oh, remember the way the janitor was last New Year's?
04:20Oh, my.
04:21Tight as an owl.
04:23I, um...
04:24I see Susan doesn't believe in Santa Claus, either.
04:27That's right.
04:27She never has.
04:29Well, that's the end of the parade.
04:32Mother, I've been thinking.
04:33It's Thanksgiving, and there are only two of us.
04:36Couldn't we invite Mr. Galey?
04:37Well, I...
04:38Oh, uh...
04:38Please don't bother.
04:40I'll...
04:40I'll just have a sandwich or something.
04:42But we have such a big turkey.
04:44Please, Mother, please.
04:46Well, well, I...
04:47Did I ask her all right, Mr. Galey?
04:49Susie.
04:50Shh.
04:51You asked fine, Susan.
04:53Dinner's at three, Mr. Galey.
05:01Hello, Mrs. Walker.
05:03Yes, Mr. Shellhammer.
05:04Your maid said you were at Thanksgiving dinner, but I...
05:06I just had to tell you.
05:08Your Santa Claus was stupendous.
05:10Well, thank you.
05:11Mr. Macy himself wants him to be our toy department, Santa Claus.
05:13Oh, fine.
05:14Can you hire him?
05:15Oh, I already have.
05:17Oh, he's a born salesman.
05:19I just feel it.
05:20Good.
05:21We'll talk about it in the morning.
05:22Thanks for calling, Mr. Shellhammer.
05:32Here he is, Mr. Shellhammer.
05:34Here's Santa Claus.
05:35Oh, thank you, Alfred.
05:37Good morning, Santa Claus.
05:38Good morning.
05:40Now, before you go to the toy department, here's a list of toys that we have to push.
05:45Huh?
05:45You know, things were overstocked on.
05:48Now, you'll find that a great many children will be undecided as to what they want for Christmas.
05:52And when that happens, you immediately suggest one of these items.
05:56Do you understand?
05:58I certainly do.
05:59Fine.
05:59That's fine.
06:00Now, take the list and Alfred here will show you to your throne in the toy department.
06:04And don't you forget, you're working for Macy's.
06:07Are you really Santa Claus?
06:15Why, of course I am.
06:16What do you want for Christmas, little boy?
06:18I want a fire engine with a real hose that squirts real wet water.
06:21And I won't do it in the house.
06:22I'll only do it in the backyard.
06:23I promise.
06:24And I promise you'll get your fire engine.
06:26You see, Mama, I told you you'd get me one.
06:29That's fine.
06:30That's just dandy.
06:31You wait here, Mortimer.
06:32Mama wants to thank Santa Claus, too.
06:34Yes, madam?
06:37So, what's the matter with you?
06:39Now, now, now.
06:41What's the trouble?
06:42I told you before, didn't I?
06:43The kid wants a fire engine, but there isn't one to be had anywhere in town.
06:48Macy's ain't got any.
06:49Gimbal's ain't got any.
06:50Nobody's got any.
06:51My feet are killing me.
06:53And you say, okay, he gets the fire engine.
06:56But you can get those fire engines at Schoenfeld's on Lexington Avenue.
07:01Only $4.50.
07:02A wonderful bargain.
07:03Schoenfeld?
07:04Yes.
07:04Hey, I don't get it.
07:06Oh, I follow the toy market very closely.
07:09Macy's sending people to other stores?
07:11Yes.
07:12Are you kidding?
07:13The one important thing is to make the children happy.
07:17Whether Macy's or somebody else sells the toy doesn't matter.
07:20Don't you feel that way?
07:22Who, me?
07:22Oh, yes, sure.
07:24Only I didn't know Macy's did.
07:26I don't get it.
07:27I just don't get it.
07:29Who's next, please?
07:30Right this way to see Santa Claus.
07:32All right, little girl.
07:33You are next.
07:34Of course, little girl.
07:36You want some roller skates?
07:38Well, you shall have them, too.
07:39Mama.
07:40Mama, he's going to bring me some roller skates.
07:42And he has some fine skates here at Macy's, haven't you, Santa Claus?
07:44Oh, they're good skates, all right, but not quite good enough.
07:49Now, I left some really wonderful roller skates at Gimbal's.
07:52I'm sure Gimbal's have just what this good little girl wants.
07:55Very good.
07:55Mr. Shellhammer, are you Mr. Shellhammer?
07:59Gimbal's?
08:00Gimbal's?
08:01That's just what he did say.
08:02Gimbal's.
08:03The sales lady said I should speak to you.
08:05Gimbal's.
08:06I just wanted to congratulate you and Macy's on this wonderful new stunt you're pulling.
08:11Gimbal's.
08:11Imagine a big outfit like Macy's putting the spirit of Christmas ahead of the commercial.
08:16Gimbal's.
08:16From now on, I'm going to be a regular Macy customer.
08:20All right, Mortimer, we're going.
08:23Gimbal's!
08:24And there's the toy department over there, Mr. Gailey.
08:33You certainly know all about Macy's store, don't you, Susan?
08:36Well, that's because my mother works here.
08:39But I still think it's silly, bringing me here to see Santa Claus.
08:43Well, I just feel that when you've talked to him, you might...
08:45Okay, Mr. Gailey.
08:47I'm certainly willing to try.
08:48Well, well, what a fine young lady, eh?
08:56And what's your name, little girl?
08:57Susan Walker.
08:58What's yours?
08:59Mine?
08:59Chris Kringle.
09:00I'm Santa Claus.
09:02Mmm.
09:03Oh-ho, you don't believe that, eh?
09:05Uh-uh.
09:06You see, my mother's Mrs. Walker.
09:08Oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho.
09:10But I must say you're the best-looking Santa Claus I've ever seen.
09:14Really?
09:14Your beard, for instance.
09:16It doesn't have one of those things that goes over your ears.
09:19Well, that's because it's real.
09:21Just like I'm realist Santa Claus.
09:23Now, go ahead, pull it.
09:25Well, my...
09:26My goodness, it is real.
09:28Yes, yes.
09:29And now, what would you like me to bring you for Christmas?
09:31Nothing, thank you.
09:33Whatever I want, my mother will get.
09:35If it's sensible and doesn't cost too much.
09:37That's quite right, Susan.
09:39Oh, hello, Mother.
09:40Hello, Mr. Gailey.
09:41Hello.
09:42The explanation for all this is very simple.
09:45Your maize mother sprained her ankle.
09:46She had to go home, so she asked me to bring Susie down to you.
09:49And as long as we were here, I figured we might as well say hello to Santa Claus.
09:54He has real whiskers, Mother.
09:55Susan, would you mind standing over there a minute?
09:57If you want me to.
09:59I, um, I shouldn't have brought Susie to see Santa.
10:02Is that it?
10:03Now, you're making me feel completely heartless.
10:05I'm sorry.
10:06Don't you see, I tell Susan that Santa Claus is a myth.
10:10And you, sure, are a very convincing old man with real whiskers.
10:14Well, whom is she to believe?
10:16Yeah, that's right, isn't it?
10:18When Susan was a baby, her father and I were divorced.
10:21And ever since then, I've protected my child by teaching her realities.
10:26If you don't believe in fairy tales and fantasy, you can never be hurt or disillusioned.
10:30We were talking about Susie, Mrs. Walker.
10:33And I must ask you to let me raise her as I see fit.
10:37All right, dear.
10:38The store's going to close soon.
10:39We'll run along to my office.
10:51Alfred said you wanted to see me, Mrs. Walker.
10:53Oh, um, oh, yes.
10:54Come in.
10:56I, um, uh, I'd be grateful if you would please tell Susan
11:00that you're not really Santa Claus.
11:02That there actually is no such person.
11:05But, Mrs. Walker, not only is there such a person,
11:09but here I am to prove it.
11:10No, no, no, no.
11:11You misunderstand.
11:12I, I want you to tell her the truth.
11:14Now, um, what's your real name?
11:17Chris Kringle.
11:17And I always tell the truth.
11:19Susan, I'll bet you're in the first grade.
11:21Second grade.
11:22I mean your real name.
11:23Well, that is my real name.
11:24My goodness, the second grade.
11:26Very well.
11:27I have your employment card right here.
11:28I'll look it up on that.
11:29Hmm, that's a very cute dress you have on, Susan.
11:32It's for Macy's.
11:34We get 10% off.
11:35Oh.
11:36So, you always tell the truth, do you?
11:39Hmm.
11:40Look at your employment card.
11:41Name, Chris Kringle.
11:43Address, Brooks Memorial Home, Great Neck, Long Island.
11:47You may call the home if you'd care to confirm that, Mrs. Walker.
11:50It's a home for elderly gentlemen.
11:51Would you also like me to confirm this?
11:53What's that?
11:54Date of birth.
11:56As old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.
11:58Place of birth.
12:01North Pole.
12:02Now, really.
12:03Why, I believe you doubt me, Mrs. Walker.
12:06And this tops everything.
12:08Next of kin.
12:10Oh, that.
12:10Dasher, dancer, prancer, and vixen.
12:14I'm sorry to have to do this, Mr.
12:17Um, um...
12:17Kringle.
12:18But the, uh...
12:19The Santa Claus that we had two years ago is back in town,
12:23and I feel that we owe it to him to, uh...
12:25What, have I done something wrong?
12:26No, no, no, no.
12:27It's, it's just that we feel...
12:28Oh, excuse me.
12:30Hello?
12:30This is Mr. Shellhammer, Mrs. Walker.
12:32Drop whatever you're doing.
12:34Mr. Macy wants to see us immediately.
12:36Oh, I'll be right up.
12:38Um, I'm afraid I'll have to be very abrupt with you.
12:41I have to see Mr. Macy.
12:42You'll be paid for the full week, Mr. Kringle,
12:44and, uh, I'll send your check to that address.
12:48Oh, uh, come right in, Mrs. Walker.
12:50Mr. Shellhammer.
12:51Thank you, Mr. Macy.
12:52Now, about this new policy you two initiated.
12:54Uh, oh.
12:55Macy's Santa Claus sending customers to Gimble.
12:58Well, I, I, I can explain everything, Mr. Macy.
13:00You don't have to explain a thing.
13:02Just look at my desk.
13:03Forty-two telegrams and over five hundred phone calls.
13:07Grateful parents expressing undying gratitude to Macy's department store.
13:12Why, you, you don't say.
13:14From now on, not only will our Santa Claus continue in this manner,
13:17but every salesperson in the entire store.
13:20You mean that if we haven't got what the customer asks for, we're to...
13:24We're to send him where he can get it.
13:25No high-pressuring and forcing a customer to take something he doesn't really want.
13:30I think that's wonderful, Mr. Macy.
13:32Why, we'll be known as, uh, as the helpful store, the friendly store.
13:37The store that places public service ahead of profits.
13:40And, consequent, we will make more profits than ever.
13:42As for you, Mrs. Walker and Mr. Shellhammer,
13:47you'll find a more practical expression of my gratitude in your Christmas envelope.
13:51Oh, thank you.
13:53And tell that wonderful Santa Claus I won't forget him either.
13:57As a matter of fact, I'll tell him myself in the morning.
13:59Yes, indeed, Mr. Macy.
14:00Good night.
14:01Good night.
14:02Good night, Mr. Macy.
14:04And thank you again, sir.
14:06Oh, imagine a bonus.
14:10Yes.
14:10Well, what's the matter with you?
14:13Mr. Shellhammer, I just fired him.
14:16Who?
14:17Santa Claus.
14:18Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
14:19No, you couldn't have.
14:21But I did.
14:21He's crazy, Mr. Shellhammer.
14:23He really thinks he is Santa Claus.
14:24I don't care if he thinks he's the Easter Bunny.
14:28Find him.
14:28Act Two of Miracle on 34th Street will continue in a moment.
14:43Here's our producer, Mr. William Keeley.
14:45Act Two of Miracle on 34th Street,
14:48starring Maureen O'Hara as Doris,
14:50John Payne as Fred,
14:52and Edmund Gwen as Chris Kringle.
14:54It was a frantic few hours that Doris spent last night
15:04rushing out to the Brooks Memorial Home in Long Island
15:07and assuring Chris Kringle
15:09that Macy's wanted him back as Santa Claus.
15:13Now Chris is again presiding over the crowded toy department,
15:16while in her office,
15:18Doris and Mr. Shellhammer...
15:20Don't you understand, Mr. Shellhammer?
15:22That old man with the nice white whiskers
15:25insists that he is Santa Claus.
15:27He's out of his mind.
15:29What if he should have a fit or something?
15:31Oh, no, I've got to tell Mr. Macy's.
15:33Yes, but maybe he's only a little crazy.
15:37Anyway, you can't be sure until he's examined.
15:39We'll send him to Mr. Sawyer.
15:41Sawyer?
15:41In personnel.
15:42He's paid to examine employees, isn't he?
15:44And now, by the way,
15:46what do you think of this?
15:47What is it?
15:48A full-page ad Macy's is running in tomorrow's newspapers.
15:51Macy's is running it.
15:53But it's all about the other stores.
15:54Gimbels and snacks and...
15:55I know, I know.
15:57Mr. Macy's idea to help our customers find what they want...
16:01It's revolting, isn't it?
16:04That Santa Claus certainly has started something.
16:07Oh, well.
16:08I'll get a hold of him in his lunch hour
16:10and send him up to Mr. Sawyer.
16:11So I changed my clothes, Mr. Sawyer,
16:21and came right up.
16:22Oh.
16:23Well, then that's your own beard, huh?
16:25Oh, yes, yes.
16:26Hmm.
16:27Interesting complex in back of that.
16:30Why do you carry a cane?
16:31Always carry a cane, Mr. Sawyer.
16:33Well, that is when I wear street clothes.
16:35Hmm.
16:35I carved this cane out of a runner from one of my old sleighs.
16:38What's that?
16:39What's that?
16:40With a fine, solid silver top.
16:43Oh.
16:43Who was the first president of the United States?
16:45Oh?
16:46Oh, give me a difficult one.
16:48Like, who was vice president under James Monroe?
16:51I'm conducting this examination.
16:53The answer is Daniel D. Tompkins.
16:55Oh.
16:56Yes.
16:57You're a...
16:58You're a rather nervous man, aren't you, Mr. Sawyer?
17:01Hmm?
17:03Tell me, do you, um...
17:05Do you get enough sleep?
17:06My personal habits are no concern of yours.
17:08Now, what hand am I holding up?
17:10Right hand.
17:10How many fingers do you see?
17:11Three.
17:12Oh, dear, oh, dear.
17:15You bite your nails, too.
17:17Oh.
17:18Stand up now.
17:20Feet together.
17:21Arms extended.
17:22Muscular coordination test?
17:23I've taken dozens of these tests.
17:26Mr. Sawyer, are you happy at home?
17:29What?
17:30That will be all, Mr. Kringle.
17:32The examination is over.
17:34Yeah, and it may interest you to know
17:36I've been happily married for 22 years.
17:38Very happily married.
17:40Delighted to hear it.
17:41Goodbye, Mr. Sawyer.
17:42Miss Prawn.
17:43Yes, sir.
17:43Get Mrs. Walker on the phone.
17:45Yes, sir.
17:46But your wife, Mr. Sawyer,
17:47she's called four times already.
17:48Now, you tell my big fat wife
17:50to shut up and mind her own business.
17:52Here's Mrs. Walker, sir.
17:54All right.
17:55Hello?
17:56Oh, I was just going to call you, Mr. Sawyer.
17:58Oh?
17:59There's a Dr. Pierce stopping by
18:00this afternoon at three.
18:02Who's Dr. Pierce?
18:03He's the physician at the Brooks' home.
18:05I thought we might discuss
18:06Mr. Kringle's case with him.
18:07Oh, there's hardly any point
18:09in discussing it, Mrs. Walker.
18:10Obviously, the old man
18:11should be discharged.
18:21So, Dr. Pierce,
18:22Kringle should be dismissed immediately
18:23and sent to a mental institution.
18:25Oh, now, just a minute, Mr. Sawyer.
18:27Ah, he's deluded
18:28saying that he's Santa Claus.
18:30It's a delusion for good.
18:31I found he only wants
18:32to be friendly and helpful.
18:34His whole manner
18:34suggests aggressiveness.
18:36Look at the way
18:36he carries that cane.
18:38Mrs. Walker, naturally,
18:39I can't discharge that loony,
18:41so when he exhibits
18:42his maniacal tendencies,
18:43please realize
18:44the responsibility
18:45is completely off.
18:47Well, I'm right back
18:49where I started.
18:50Mrs. Walker,
18:51I assure you,
18:52Chris Kringle
18:52has no maniacal tendency.
18:54But if there's
18:54the slightest possibility
18:55of us causing any trouble...
18:57What trouble?
18:58All that needs happen
18:59is a policeman
19:00ask his name.
19:01Chris Kringle,
19:02clang, clang,
19:03and Macy's Santa Claus
19:05lands up in the psychopathic ward.
19:07Well, you can prevent
19:07that very simply.
19:09Now, there must be
19:09someone here at the store
19:11who could rent him a room.
19:12Then they could both
19:13come to work together.
19:14I just as soon
19:15he avoided
19:15that long train ride
19:16to Long Island anyway.
19:18You mean,
19:18sort of take custody of him?
19:20Mm-hmm.
19:20Do you think that Mr. Kringle
19:21would agree to that?
19:22Oh, I'm sure he'll agree.
19:24Well, in that case...
19:25Now, let me see.
19:28Who do I know
19:29who could rent him a room?
19:31I'm glad you're going
19:40to have dinner
19:41with us, Mr. Kringle.
19:42Oh, thank you, Susan.
19:43I'm also very glad
19:44you're going to live
19:45next door with Mr. Gailey.
19:46Oh?
19:47Why?
19:48Because you're nice
19:48to talk to.
19:49Oh.
19:51I say,
19:51what a fine young man
19:52that Mr. Gailey is, eh?
19:54Just think,
19:55allowing me to share
19:56his apartment,
19:57a mere stranger.
19:58He did it
19:59because Mother
19:59hinted to him.
20:00Oh.
20:01Well, anyway,
20:02I'm very grateful.
20:04Shall I tell you
20:05what I did in school today?
20:06By all means.
20:07Any games?
20:08Yes.
20:09And a very silly game, too.
20:11Oh?
20:11They played zoo,
20:12and each child
20:13was supposed to be
20:14an animal.
20:15Oh, but Susan,
20:16they were just pretending.
20:18But that's what makes
20:19the game so silly.
20:20Oh.
20:21Well, of course,
20:21in order to play games,
20:23you need imagination.
20:25Oh, uh,
20:26that's when you see things,
20:27but they're not
20:28really there, huh?
20:29Oh, yes.
20:31Yes, but,
20:32you know, to me,
20:33imagination
20:33is a place
20:34all by itself.
20:36Now, you've heard
20:37of the French nation.
20:38Mm-hmm.
20:38And the British nation.
20:40Yes.
20:40Well, this
20:41is the imagination.
20:44No.
20:46A very interesting place, too.
20:48Now, how would you like
20:49to be able to make snowballs
20:50in summertime, eh?
20:51What?
20:52Or be the Statue of Liberty
20:53in the morning,
20:54and in the afternoon,
20:55fly south
20:57with a flock of geese.
20:58Well, I'm quite sure
21:00I'd like it, but...
21:01Oh, it's very simple.
21:02Very.
21:02Well, anyway, look here.
21:03The next time they play zoo,
21:05you can be a monkey.
21:07But I don't know
21:08how to be a monkey.
21:09Don't you?
21:09Oh, I'll show you.
21:11Now, first,
21:12you bend over a little,
21:13like, uh,
21:13like this, see?
21:15Now, let your arms
21:16hang loose, see?
21:17Like this?
21:18Yeah, that's fine, fine.
21:20Now, put your hand
21:20over here
21:21and start scratching, see?
21:24That's it.
21:26That's it.
21:26That's excellent, Susan.
21:28That's as fine
21:28a bit of scratching
21:29as I've ever seen.
21:30Yeah.
21:31Now,
21:32now you start chattering.
21:34Chattering?
21:35Yes, now listen.
21:38See?
21:39And keep scratching.
21:40Now then, look here.
21:41We'll do it together, see?
21:42Chatter and scratch
21:43and scratch and chatter, see?
21:46Chatter and scratch and chatter, see?
21:47That's fine, Susan.
21:50Fine.
21:50You're doing beautifully.
21:52Beautifully.
21:52Yes.
21:59Susan.
22:00Susan.
22:01Susan.
22:01Are you still awake?
22:03Uh-huh.
22:04I've, uh,
22:05just come in to say goodnight,
22:07Susan, that's all.
22:08Now, look here.
22:09About Christmas.
22:10There must be something
22:11you'd like for Christmas.
22:13Well,
22:14I've certainly thought
22:16about something,
22:16Mr. Kringle.
22:17You have?
22:18Well, what is it, eh?
22:19Tell me.
22:20It's right here
22:20on the night table, see?
22:22I tore this page
22:23out of a magazine.
22:25It's a picture of a house.
22:26Oh-ho.
22:28That's what you want.
22:29Is it a doll's house?
22:31Colonial architecture.
22:33Oh, not a doll's house.
22:34It's a real house.
22:35A real house?
22:36Yes.
22:37And if you're really Santa Claus,
22:39you can get it for me.
22:40Now, now, now.
22:41Wait a minute, Susie.
22:44What could you possibly do
22:45with a big house?
22:46Live in it with my mother.
22:49And a backyard
22:50with a big tree
22:51to put a swing on.
22:52And a garden.
22:53And a...
22:54Oh, well.
22:57Why even discuss it?
22:59Susie.
23:00Susie, could I, uh...
23:02Could I keep this picture?
23:04Just, uh...
23:06Just in case?
23:07I guess so.
23:08Thank you, dear.
23:11Well, Mr. Gailey's waiting for me.
23:13Good night, monkey.
23:14Good night, Mr. Kringle.
23:15Take whichever bed you want, Mr. Kringle.
23:26You're very kind, really.
23:28Uh, tell me, Mr. Gailey,
23:30what is it you just do for a living, huh?
23:33Oh, I'm a lawyer.
23:34Haslip, Haslip, Sherman, and McKenzie.
23:36Oh.
23:37Hmm.
23:37And you, uh,
23:38you like living here in the city?
23:41Well, it's convenient.
23:42But someday I'd like to get a place on Long Island.
23:44Huh.
23:45Not a big house,
23:46just one of those junior partner deals around Manhasset.
23:48Oh, one of those little colonial houses, eh?
23:52Yeah.
23:52Yeah.
23:53A little colonial house would be swell.
23:54Good.
23:55Good.
23:55Yeah.
23:56You're, um...
23:57You're quite fond of...
24:00Mrs. Walker, aren't you?
24:01A lot of good it does me.
24:04She lives in a cast iron shell
24:06that's just a little difficult to penetrate.
24:08Oh.
24:09Well, you must try a little harder, Mr. Gailey.
24:11You know, Mrs. Walker and that child
24:12are a couple of lost souls.
24:14And it's up to us to help them.
24:15No.
24:17Yes, she...
24:18Oh, well, shall I turn out the light?
24:20No, no, no.
24:21No?
24:21I'm not going to be cheated out of this.
24:23You know, all my life I've wondered about it,
24:25and now I'm going to find out.
24:27Tell me,
24:28does Santa Claus sleep with his whiskers
24:29outside or inside the cupboard?
24:35Oh.
24:37Outside, of course.
24:38Outside, by all means.
24:40The cold air makes them grow.
24:42Oh, thank you very much.
24:50Oh, come in, Mrs. Walker.
24:52Come in.
24:53Thank you, Mr. Macy.
24:54I've just heard something very exciting.
24:56You have?
24:57Well, let me tell you something very exciting.
24:59Our policy of being kind to customers
25:01has tripled our sales.
25:03Now, what do you think of that?
25:04That's wonderful, Mr. Macy.
25:06And Gimbal's thinks it's wonderful, too.
25:10Gimbal's?
25:10Gimbal's are adopting the same policy.
25:13Well, is that so?
25:14And it gives me an idea.
25:16As long as Gimbal's are doing the same thing,
25:18why not some pictures for the newspapers?
25:21Pictures?
25:22Yes.
25:23You and Mr. Gimbal, shaking hands.
25:26Shaking hands?
25:28R. H. Macy and...
25:30And Gimbal?
25:31Well...
25:32Well, yes.
25:33Yes.
25:34Yes, why not?
25:35You win Santa Claus.
25:36It's a great idea, Mrs. Walker.
25:39Macy and Gimbal,
25:42shaking hands.
25:43That's enough pictures, gentlemen.
25:55Thank you very much.
25:59Well, Mr. Gimbal?
26:00Come on, R. H.
26:01Now we'll go over to my store
26:03and get some really good pictures.
26:04Oh, just a minute.
26:05I have something here for Santa Claus.
26:07Here you are, Mr. Kringle.
26:09A check and appreciation of all you've done.
26:11Mr. Macy, why, that's most kind of you.
26:14I didn't think you were that generous, R. H.
26:16That's quite a check.
26:17What are you going to do with it, Mr. Kringle?
26:18Well, I have a friend.
26:20A Dr. Pierce.
26:22He needs a new x-ray machine.
26:23You buy the machine through the store.
26:25Ten percent discount.
26:26Nonsense.
26:27Come over to Gimbal's.
26:28We'll furnish it at cost.
26:29Oh, keep it up, gentlemen.
26:30Keep it up.
26:32At this rate, my friend will have a whole new hospital.
26:41How did the pictures turn out, Mr. Kringle?
26:43Oh, fine, Alfred.
26:44Fine.
26:44How about a game of checkers during lunch, eh?
26:46Oh, not today, Chris.
26:48I don't feel so good.
26:49Oh?
26:50What's the matter, Alfred?
26:52Oh, nothing much.
26:53You remember I was telling you how I like to play Santa Claus
26:56over at the Y and give out packages to the kids?
26:58Yeah?
26:58Well, I was telling Mr. Sawyer about it,
27:00and he says that's very bad.
27:02That psychologically, it's all wrong.
27:04Wrong?
27:05To be nice to children?
27:07Well, he says guys who play Santa Claus
27:09do it because when they was young,
27:10they must have done something bad.
27:12Now they do something they think is good
27:13to make up for it, see?
27:15It's what he calls a guilt complex.
27:18Alfred, what else has he found wrong with you?
27:23Oh, nothing much.
27:24Just that I hate my father.
27:25I didn't know it, but he says I do.
27:30Excuse me.
27:31Hey, ain't you going to have lunch?
27:32Later.
27:33Right now, I have an appointment with Mr. Sawyer.
27:41What do you mean, breaking into my office like this?
27:44Are you a licensed psychiatrist?
27:45What business is it of yours?
27:46I have great respect for psychiatry
27:48and great contempt for meddling amateurs
27:49who go around practicing it.
27:51Oh, shut up.
27:52You ought to be horse-whipped.
27:53Taking a boy like Alfred
27:54and filling him up with complexes and phobias.
27:56I think I'm better equipped to judge that than you.
27:59Just because Alfred wants to be kind to children,
28:01you tell him he has a guilt complex.
28:03Having the same delusion,
28:04you couldn't possibly understand.
28:06And don't you wave that cane at me.
28:08Either you stop analyzing Alfred
28:10or I'll go straight to Mr. Macy
28:11and tell him what a contemptible fraud you are.
28:13Get out of here.
28:13Get out of here before I have you thrown out.
28:15There's only one way to handle a man like you.
28:17Maybe this will knock some sense into you.
28:20Oh, help.
28:21Oh, my head.
28:22My head.
28:22Oh, ho, ho, ho.
28:23Good day, Mr. Sawyer.
28:24Miss Prawn.
28:25Get me the police.
28:27Get me Mrs. Walker.
28:28Get me the psychopathic ward in Bellevue Hospital.
28:36You can see Mr. Kringle now, Mr. Gailey.
28:38Thank you, nurse.
28:41Hello, Chris.
28:43Hello, Fred.
28:44Chris, I've been speaking to the doctors.
28:46They said they've given you some tests.
28:49Oh, yes.
28:50Same old tests.
28:51Except this time you failed to pass them.
28:54Chris, you deliberately failed.
28:56Why?
28:57Why?
28:58Well, because I had great hopes, Fred.
29:02I had a feeling Mrs. Walker was beginning to believe in me.
29:06And now, well, now I discover she was only humoring me all the time.
29:10But this wasn't Doris's idea at all.
29:13Mr. Sawyer had you sent up here before she even knew about it.
29:15But why, why didn't she come to me and explain things?
29:18Because she didn't want to hurt you.
29:21Oh, well, it's not just Mrs. Walker.
29:23It's...
29:24Well, now take Mr. Sawyer.
29:26He's contemptible, dishonest, deceitful.
29:29Yet he's out there and I'm in here.
29:32Well, if that's normal, I don't want it.
29:34But you can't just think of yourself, Chris.
29:37What happens to you matters to a lot of other people.
29:39People like me who believe in what you stand for and people like, well, like Susie, who are just beginning to.
29:46Chris, you're letting us down.
29:49I...
29:49Well, Fred, maybe you're right.
29:52I...
29:52Well, of course you're right.
29:55I ought to be ashamed of myself.
29:57Let's get out of here.
29:58Now, wait a minute.
29:58You flunked your mental examination, but good.
30:01Oh, yes.
30:02So I did.
30:04Well, well, anyway, you're a lawyer.
30:05You fix it.
30:06Hey, look, I can't just...
30:07Now, I won't let you down and you won't let me down.
30:10Chris, now take it easy.
30:12Look, there'll have to be a hearing.
30:13If you're going to be committed, it has to be before a judge.
30:16Well?
30:17Well, if I can do anything at all, it'll have to be in courtroom.
30:20Now, sit tight, Chris.
30:21I'll get an idea.
30:22I have to get an idea.
30:31You sent for me, Mr. Macy?
30:32I certainly did, Mr. Sawyer.
30:34Sir, I brought my family to the toy department to see our Santa Claus.
30:38And our Santa Claus isn't there.
30:40He's in Bellevue.
30:41Yes, Mr. Macy.
30:42Because he's a lunatic.
30:44Yes, sir.
30:44A lunatic.
30:47Lunatic my foot.
30:48Now, you listen to me, Sawyer.
30:49You get that case dropped right away.
30:51Or you'll have another lump to match the one he gave you.
30:54But it's out of my hands.
30:55Mr. Kringle goes to court in the morning.
30:57Well, just see that he's back in the toy department by afternoon.
31:00Now, get out of here.
31:04Oh, Mr. Galey.
31:08Mr. Galey.
31:09Yes?
31:09I've been looking all over for you.
31:10I'm Mr. Sawyer.
31:12Oh.
31:13So you're Sawyer.
31:14Yes.
31:14I was just speaking to the court clerk, and he said you represent Mr. Kringle.
31:19Well, I represent Mr. Macy.
31:20Well, then I'll see you in court.
31:22Oh, no.
31:23That's what I wanted to speak to you about.
31:24Now, Mr. Macy would like to drop the whole case right now.
31:27You see, we're most anxious to avoid any publicity.
31:30No publicity, huh?
31:32Well, that's very interesting.
31:33Oh, then you'll cooperate.
31:34You know something, Sawyer?
31:36You've just given me the idea I've been searching for.
31:39Oh, good, good.
31:40If I'm going to win this case, I'm going to have to have public opinion and plenty of it.
31:44And publicity's just the way to do it.
31:47Thanks.
31:47And so long, Mr. Sawyer.
31:48Oh, Mr. Galey.
31:49But Mr. Galey!
31:50Mr. Galey!
31:50Look at these newspapers, Chris.
31:59Here.
31:59Evening Dispatch.
32:01Doctors Doubt Sanity of Santa who launched Goodwill Campaign.
32:04Oh, my.
32:05Daily Bulletin.
32:06Macy's Santa Claus to have lunacy hearing.
32:09Oh.
32:09What's this one?
32:10The New York Express.
32:11Is Kris Kringle crazy?
32:15Court case coming?
32:17Kiddies cry calamity?
32:20You've driven the United Nations clear back to page five.
32:23Well, get a good night's sleep, Chris.
32:27We go before Judge Harper at ten tomorrow morning.
32:38We pause now for station identification.
32:41This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
32:43Our stars will return with Act Three of Miracle on 34th Street in a moment.
33:08We return you now to William Keeley.
33:10The curtain rises on the third act of Miracle on 34th Street.
33:13Starring Maureen O'Hara as Doris, John Payne as Fred, and Edmund Gwen as Chris.
33:24For a few weeks, a jolly elderly gentleman named Kris Kringle has been working minor miracles
33:31as Macy's Santa Claus.
33:33But now, his sanity has been seriously questioned.
33:36And in a crowded courtroom, Judge Harper listens patiently as the assistant district attorney
33:43summons Kris to the witness stand.
33:45Now, this is not a trial, Mr. Kringle.
33:48It's just a hearing.
33:49So you don't have to answer any questions.
33:51Now then, where do you live, please?
33:55Well, it seems to me that's what this hearing will decide, won't it?
34:00Mr. Kringle, do you believe that you are Santa Claus?
34:04Of course I do.
34:05That's all, Your Honor.
34:06The state rests its case.
34:08Well, Mr. Galey?
34:09Your Honor, Mr. Maure contends my client is not sane because he believes he is Santa Claus.
34:14An entirely logical conclusion?
34:16Anyone who thinks he's Santa Claus is crazy.
34:19Your Honor, you believe yourself to be Judge Harper.
34:21Yet no one questions your sanity because you are Judge Harper, do they?
34:25Mr. Kringle is the subject of this sanity hearing, not I.
34:28Well, Your Honor, I intend to prove that Mr. Kringle is Santa Claus.
34:34Mr. Maure, I thought you said this was a cut-and-dried sanity hearing.
34:38I thought it was, Your Honor.
34:40In view of Mr. Galey's statement, I'll have to review the entire background of this case.
34:45Court adjourned till tomorrow morning.
34:53Hello, Doris.
34:54I'm sorry I'm late, but get ready.
34:56We're really going to celebrate tonight.
34:57What are we celebrating?
34:58Well, didn't you read the papers?
35:00Santa's mouthpiece throws bombshell on New York Supreme Court.
35:03Oh, Fred, you're not really serious about this.
35:06You can't possibly prove that Kris Kringle is Santa Claus.
35:09Well, you saw Mr. Macy and Mr. Gimble shake hands.
35:12That wasn't possible either.
35:14What does your firm have to say about it?
35:16Hayslip and McKenzie and the rest of them?
35:18That I've jeopardized their prestige,
35:21and either I drop this impossible case or they'll drop me.
35:24You see?
35:25So I beat them to it.
35:26I quit.
35:26Fred, you threw away a career because of a sentimental whim?
35:31Well, I'll open my own office.
35:32And what kind of clients will you get?
35:34Oh, probably a lot of people like Kris who are being pushed around.
35:39That's the only fun in law anyway.
35:42Doris, look.
35:43Don't you have any faith in me at all?
35:44No, it's not a question of faith.
35:46It's just common sense.
35:48But faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.
35:52It's not just Kris that's on trial.
35:54It's everything he stands for.
35:55Human kindness and love and dignity.
35:57Oh, Fred, listen.
35:58We've seen a lot of each other the last couple of weeks.
36:02I, well, I've become fond of you.
36:05We've talked about some wonderful plans, haven't we?
36:08And then you do this.
36:10Go on an idealistic binge.
36:11Throw away your security and expect me to be happy about it.
36:14And I expect too much.
36:16Is that it?
36:18Well, that's that, I guess.
36:20Good night, Doris.
36:21Hello.
36:32Yes, this is Mr. Marrow.
36:34Well, can't it wait till tomorrow?
36:36I'm eating dinner.
36:38Who's been subpoenaed?
36:40Well, how do you think I feel about it?
36:41I'll see you tomorrow.
36:42Who's that, dear?
36:44R. H. Macy's been subpoenaed.
36:45Oh, my.
36:47Those reporters.
36:48They make me look like a sadistic monster
36:50who likes nothing better than to drown pussycats
36:53and tear wings off butterflies.
36:54Quiet, dear.
36:56Tommy's still awake.
36:57Oh, oh, yeah.
36:58It'd just break his heart if he knew what his daddy is doing.
37:03I'm doing my job as assistant district attorney.
37:05Well, I'm not so sure that I agree with them.
37:09Mr. Kringle looks like a very nice old man,
37:11and I don't see why you have to keep persecuting him.
37:13I'm not persecuting him.
37:14I'm prosecuting him.
37:16I like the old man, too,
37:18but there's nothing I can do about it.
37:20You know something, Thomas?
37:22Sometimes I wish I'd married a butcher or a plumber.
37:25Well, if I lose this case,
37:26it's very possible you'll get your wish.
37:30Oh, R. H. Macy,
37:31I wonder what he's going to pull tomorrow.
37:38Proceed to the witness, Mr. Galey.
37:40Now then, Mr. Macy,
37:41if you recognize the defendant,
37:43please tell us who he is.
37:44Why, Chris Kringle, of course.
37:47Do you believe him to be of sound mind?
37:49Sound mind?
37:50I wish I had a dozen like him.
37:51Mr. Macy,
37:52you are under oath.
37:54Do you believe that man is Santa Claus?
37:58Well, now that's rather delicate.
38:00Just think of those headlines tomorrow.
38:03Macy admits his Santa Claus is fraud.
38:05You keep part of this, Gimble.
38:07What did you say?
38:07Oh,
38:08nothing, Mr. Barlow,
38:11nothing.
38:12Well, I wish you would.
38:14Is that man Santa Claus?
38:17Yes.
38:18In my opinion,
38:19he most certainly is.
38:20Your Honor,
38:21there is no such person as Santa Claus,
38:23and everybody knows him.
38:24Can you prove there isn't any?
38:25I won't even try.
38:27I'll not waste the court's time
38:28with such childish nonsense.
38:29Your Honor,
38:30the prosecution requests
38:31an immediate ruling from this court.
38:34Is there or is there not a Santa Claus?
38:37Well, now,
38:38the court will take a short recess
38:42to consider the question.
38:48Hello, Henry.
38:50Why, Charlie,
38:51what are you doing here?
38:53Can't an old friend
38:54visit you in your chambers?
38:55And if you ask me,
38:56you never needed a friend
38:57like you do now.
38:59This Kringle case?
39:00Well, I certainly don't see
39:01what they're making
39:02such a fuss about.
39:03Henry,
39:04that Santa Claus
39:05you've got out there
39:06on trial for lunacy,
39:07this case is dynamite,
39:09and you're coming up
39:10for re-election soon.
39:12Charlie,
39:13you know what happened
39:14last night?
39:16Martha brought
39:17the grandchildren over.
39:18They,
39:19they wouldn't kiss, Grandpa.
39:23They wouldn't even talk to me.
39:26Ah, you see what I mean?
39:28If you rule
39:29there is no Santa Claus,
39:30you better start looking
39:31for that chicken farm
39:32right now.
39:33I'm a responsible judge.
39:35How can I seriously rule
39:37that there is
39:37a Santa Claus?
39:38Because of what happens
39:39if you don't?
39:40The kids read about it
39:41and they don't hang up
39:42their stockings.
39:43Now what happens
39:43to all the toys
39:44that are supposed
39:44to be in those stockings?
39:45Nobody buys them.
39:47The toy manufacturers
39:47have to lay off employees.
39:49By now,
39:50you've got the AFL
39:50and the CIO against you.
39:52Yes, and they're going
39:56to say it with votes, see?
39:58Oh, and the department stores
40:00are going to love you, too.
40:02Yes, sir, Henry.
40:04And what about
40:04the Salvation Army?
40:06They got a Santa Claus
40:07in every street corner.
40:08They've taken a lot of money
40:09to help the poor.
40:11But go ahead, Henry.
40:13You go in there
40:14and rule
40:15there isn't any Santa Claus.
40:16But if you do,
40:17you can count on getting
40:18just two votes,
40:19your own,
40:20and that district attorney
40:21is out there.
40:23One vote, Charlie.
40:25He's a Republican.
40:29Oh, well,
40:32let's get this over with.
40:36The question of Santa Claus
40:39seems to be
40:40largely a matter of opinion.
40:43The tradition of American justice
40:46demands a broad
40:47and unprejudiced view
40:48of such a controversial matter.
40:50But, Your Honor...
40:51This court, therefore,
40:52intends to keep its mind open.
40:55We shall ask for evidence
40:56on either side.
40:58But the burden of proof
40:58clearly rests with my opponent.
41:00Can he produce any evidence
41:01to support his views?
41:02If, Your Honor,
41:03please, I can.
41:05Will Thomas Mara
41:06please take the stand?
41:07Who, me?
41:08No.
41:09Thomas Mara, Jr.
41:10I believe he and his mother
41:11are both in court today.
41:12Hi, Papa!
41:13Hi.
41:16Tommy,
41:17do you believe in Santa Claus?
41:20I sure do.
41:21Gosh,
41:21he gave me a brand new
41:22sled last year.
41:23Now, um,
41:24what does Santa Claus
41:26look like, Tommy?
41:27Well, there he is
41:28sitting right over there.
41:30Your Honor,
41:30I protest.
41:31Overruled.
41:32Tell me, Tommy,
41:33um,
41:34why are you so sure
41:35there's a Santa Claus?
41:37Because my Papa
41:38told me so,
41:39didn't you?
41:39Thank you, Tommy.
41:43You can go back
41:44to your mother now.
41:44See you later, Papa.
41:46You certainly will.
41:48Your Honor...
41:49Don't forget Santa Claus.
41:51This year,
41:51I want a football helmet.
41:52Don't worry, Tommy.
41:54You will get it.
41:54Mr. Kringle,
41:55if you don't mind.
41:56I'm sorry, sir.
41:58Your Honor,
41:59the state of New York
42:00concedes the existence
42:01of a Santa Claus.
42:03But in so conceding,
42:04we demand
42:04that Mr. Gailey
42:05stop representing
42:06and presenting
42:07personal opinion
42:08as evidence.
42:10I insist he submit
42:11authoritative proof
42:12that Mr. Kringle here
42:13is the one
42:15and only
42:16Santa Claus.
42:17Well, Mr. Gailey,
42:18are you prepared
42:19to show that
42:20Mr. Kringle
42:20is Santa Claus
42:22on the basis
42:22of unprejudiced authority?
42:24Well, sir,
42:25no, not now.
42:26I need a little time.
42:28Why not now?
42:29Tomorrow, Your Honor.
42:30Very well.
42:31Court's adjourned
42:32till tomorrow morning.
42:35Oh, brother.
42:41Now come, Susan, dear.
42:43Finish your supper.
42:45But I can't, Mother.
42:47All those things
42:48they're saying
42:49in the newspapers
42:50about Mr. Kringle
42:51and Mr. Gailey...
42:52They're having this trial
42:53because he says
42:54he's Santa Claus.
42:56He's so...
42:56He's so kind
42:57and nice and jolly.
42:59He's not like
43:02anyone else I know.
43:03He must be Santa.
43:05You know something?
43:06I think perhaps
43:07you're right.
43:09Is Mr. Kringle
43:10sad now, Mother?
43:11I'm afraid
43:12he must be.
43:13Then I'll write him
43:14a letter.
43:15Maybe that'll
43:16make him feel better.
43:18I'll cheer him up.
43:19Oh, postman, postman.
43:28Yeah, lady?
43:29Would you mind
43:29taking this letter?
43:30Oh, sure, lady.
43:31We're going straight down
43:32to the post office now.
43:34Okay, Louie.
43:35Take it away.
43:36Well, what do you know, Louie?
43:41Another letter
43:42for Santa Claus.
43:44Hey, here's a new one.
43:46Instead of the North Pole,
43:47this kid's got it
43:48addressed to
43:48Chris Kringle
43:49New York County Courthouse.
43:51Well, the kid's right.
43:52Huh?
43:53Oh, yeah, sure.
43:54They got him
43:55on trial down there.
43:56He claims he's Santa Claus
43:58and the D.A.
43:59claims he's nuts.
44:01Hey.
44:01Hey, I got an idea.
44:03Huh?
44:03How many Santa Claus
44:04letters we got down there
44:05in a dead letter office?
44:06Oh, who knows?
44:08Must be 50,000 bags
44:10and bags
44:10all over the joint.
44:11Hey.
44:12You mean?
44:14But, Frankie, why not?
44:16Wouldn't it be nice
44:17to get rid of them all?
44:19Wouldn't it?
44:21Boy, oh, boy.
44:23Look, Louie.
44:24Soon as we get
44:24to the post office,
44:25we go and see the supervisor.
44:27You know something?
44:28I bet we both get promoted.
44:35And since the defense
44:38has been unable
44:39to submit one shred of proof
44:40that Kris Kringle
44:41is the one and only
44:42Santa Claus,
44:43and since tonight
44:44is Christmas Eve,
44:45I ask, Your Honor,
44:46that this hearing
44:47be terminated
44:47without further delaying.
44:49I protest I do have evidence.
44:51Five minutes ago,
44:51you said you didn't.
44:52During Mr. Marrow's oration,
44:54the bailiff handed my client
44:55the evidence I refer to.
44:56What evidence?
44:57This letter, Your Honor.
44:58Oh, yes, Mr. Kringle.
44:59It's from Susan Walker.
45:01She believes in me.
45:03Oh, this letter means
45:05more to me
45:06than anything in the world.
45:08That letter, Your Honor,
45:09was delivered
45:09by the United States Post Office,
45:11an official agency
45:12of the federal government.
45:14The post office department
45:15was one of the largest
45:16business concerns
45:17in the world.
45:17Last year,
45:18did a gross volume
45:19of over one billion dollars,
45:20and this year...
45:21Your Honor,
45:21I'm sure we're all gratified
45:22that the post office
45:23is getting along so well.
45:25But what bearing has it
45:26on the sanity of that man?
45:27My point is
45:28that the post office department
45:30is a model of efficiency.
45:31Furthermore,
45:32the laws of this country
45:33make it a criminal offense
45:34to willfully misdirect mail
45:36or intentionally deliver it
45:37to the wrong party.
45:38The state of New York
45:39is second to none
45:40in his admiration
45:40of the post office department.
45:41We're very happy
45:42to concede Mr. Gayley's claim.
45:44For the record, Mr. Marrow?
45:46For the record.
45:47Anything to get on
45:48with this case.
45:50Your Honor,
45:51that letter
45:51just received by Mr. Kringle
45:53is positive proof
45:54that a copy letter
45:55is hardly positive proof.
45:57I have further
45:58exhibits, Your Honor,
45:59but I hesitate
46:00to produce them.
46:00Come, come, Mr. Gayley.
46:01Put them here on my desk.
46:02But, Your Honor,
46:03I don't...
46:04I said put them on my desk.
46:06All right, boys,
46:06bring them in.
46:08Your Honor,
46:09what is this?
46:11Empty those mail sacks
46:12on Judge Harper's desk.
46:15Well, but bring them all in
46:18or it'll be fine
46:19for contempt of force.
46:20No, no,
46:20just a second here.
46:21We'll do it, Your Honor,
46:22through rain,
46:23through sleet,
46:24through cartrooms,
46:24anything.
46:25We deliver them.
46:26A Mr. Gayley.
46:27Your Honor,
46:28every one of those letters
46:29and every one of those mail sacks
46:30is addressed to Santa Claus.
46:31The post office
46:32is to deliver them.
46:33Therefore,
46:34the post office department
46:35recognizes Chris Kringle
46:36to be the one
46:37and only Santa Claus.
46:39Since the United States
46:41government declares
46:42this man to be Santa Claus,
46:44this court will not dispute it.
46:46Cash dismissed.
46:47And for heaven's sake,
46:48get this mail
46:49out of my courtroom.
46:50So, as soon as I got out of court,
46:57I came straight to Macy's
46:58to see you, Doris.
46:59Oh, Chris,
47:00I'm so glad you won.
47:02Well, we're having
47:02a big Christmas party
47:03at the Brooks' home
47:04tomorrow morning.
47:05I'd like so much
47:06to see you and Susan there.
47:08We'll be there, Chris.
47:10Oh, Chris,
47:11couldn't you,
47:12couldn't you come home now
47:13and have dinner with us?
47:14Now?
47:16Tonight?
47:17Me?
47:19My goodness,
47:20Doris,
47:20it's...
47:21it's Christmas Eve.
47:30Alfred!
47:31Alfred!
47:32Look!
47:32Look who came all the way
47:34out here to the home
47:34just for our Christmas party.
47:36Chris,
47:36it's...
47:37it's Mr. Macy!
47:38Mr. Gimble, too!
47:39Oh, excuse me, Alfred.
47:40Mrs. Walker and Susan
47:41have to leave now
47:42and I want to see them
47:43before they go,
47:44so forgive me, will you?
47:45But, Susie, darling,
47:46you've got so many presents.
47:48Not the one I wanted.
47:50Not the one Mr. Kringle
47:52was going to get for me.
47:53Well, what was it?
47:55Doesn't matter.
47:57I knew I wouldn't get him,
47:59but I thought he'd
48:00at least tell me why.
48:02Susie!
48:03I'm sorry, Susie.
48:05I tried my best, but...
48:07You couldn't get it
48:08because you're not sent?
48:09No, Claus.
48:09Susan!
48:10Just a nice old man
48:11like Mother said.
48:12But I was wrong
48:12when I told you that.
48:14You must believe
48:15in Mr. Kringle
48:15and keep right on doing it.
48:17You must have faith in him.
48:19But that doesn't
48:19make sense, Mother.
48:21Faith is believing
48:22in things
48:22when common sense
48:23tells you not to.
48:25What?
48:26I mean,
48:27just because things
48:28don't turn out
48:29the way you want them
48:29to the first time,
48:31you've still got
48:31to believe in people.
48:33I found that...
48:34Hello, Doris.
48:35Fred!
48:36Mr. Gailey!
48:37Mr. Gailey!
48:38Merry Christmas, Susie.
48:39Gosh.
48:40You'll just get here
48:42and we're ready
48:43to leave.
48:44Oh, I've been here.
48:45And if you're ready
48:45to leave,
48:46I'll drive you home.
48:47Before you go,
48:47here,
48:48here's a map
48:49I've made for you.
48:50You'll miss
48:51a lot of traffic.
48:52About four miles south,
48:54you will see
48:54Ashley Avenue.
48:55Now, that's the street
48:56you want.
48:57Ashley Avenue.
48:58Thanks, Chris.
49:00And Merry Christmas.
49:01Merry Christmas
49:01to you, Fred.
49:03And to you, my dear.
49:05And to you, Susie.
49:07I believe, Mr. Kringle.
49:08Well, I do.
49:11It's silly, I suppose.
49:14But I do.
49:23I don't understand it, Fred.
49:25The map Chris gave
49:26definitely says
49:27Ashley Avenue.
49:28We've been on
49:29Ashley Avenue now for...
49:31Stop the car!
49:31Oh, stop the car, please!
49:33Susie, what is it, darling?
49:34What's the matter?
49:34There it is!
49:35The house!
49:36The house!
49:37Susie!
49:37What in the world?
49:39She's running
49:39into that house.
49:40Well, at least
49:40there's no one home.
49:41It's brand new.
49:42It's just been built.
49:43Yeah, for sale, it says.
49:44For sale.
49:45What on earth
49:46is that child up to?
49:49Susie!
49:50Hey, Susie!
49:51Here I am!
49:52Upstairs!
49:53Now, come right down.
49:54You know you shouldn't
49:54run around
49:55in other people's houses.
49:58That's strange.
49:59I'll say.
50:01No, no.
50:01I mean this house.
50:03I've seen this house
50:04somewhere.
50:05I know I have.
50:06Maybe in a magazine or...
50:08Mother!
50:09It's our house.
50:10It's the one I asked him for,
50:11Mr. Kringle.
50:12Mr. Kringle?
50:13I know it is.
50:14Oh, you were right, Mommy.
50:15You were right.
50:16Susie.
50:16Mommy told me
50:17that if things didn't turn out
50:18just the way you wanted them
50:20at first,
50:21you've still got to believe.
50:22And I kept believing.
50:24And you were right, Mommy.
50:25Mr. Kringle is Santa Claus.
50:27Now where are you going?
50:28In back to see
50:29if there's a swing.
50:31There is one!
50:32Oh, there is one!
50:33You told her that?
50:36About believing?
50:37Well,
50:38you told me, Fred.
50:42A sign outside.
50:43For sale, huh?
50:45Well, we can't let her down,
50:46can we?
50:47I never really doubted you.
50:49It was just my silly
50:50common sense.
50:52It even makes sense
50:53to believe in me now.
50:54I must be
50:55a pretty good lawyer.
50:56I take a little old man
50:58and legally prove to the world
50:59that he's Santa Claus.
51:00Now you know that couldn't be.
51:01Fred!
51:01What's the matter?
51:03There.
51:04In the corner.
51:06By the fireplace.
51:08Oh, no.
51:09No.
51:11It...
51:12It can't be.
51:13It...
51:14It couldn't.
51:15A cane.
51:17Chris's cane.
51:19There couldn't be two canes
51:21like this
51:21anywhere in the world.
51:22Silver handle and all.
51:25Hey.
51:27You know something?
51:27Maybe I didn't do
51:30such a wonderful thing
51:31after all.
51:32Well...
51:33Well...
51:34...
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