Monday, December 10, 2018

OTR Holiday Month Day 10: Miracle on 34th Street

While it was interesting that Lux Radio Theater adapted It's a Wonderful Life during the month of March, the film release of Miracle on 34th Street is even more astounding; it was released by 20th Century Fox in June, 1947! Knowing that a Christmas film was an odd choice for summertime viewing, the studio actually played down their own premise and simply let word of mouth generate the buzz; apparently it worked, because by the time Lux Radio Theater adapted it on December 22, 1947, the film was still playing in theatres!

This radio version is great, with Edmund Gwenn's marvelous voice a real treat. You can check it out at archive.org here.

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