Memories of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
Closer US|December 19, 2022
FIND OUT WHAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BELOVED CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
Memories of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

A True Believer

"I really did think that Edmund Gwenn was Santa," said Natalie Wood, who was 8 when she played Susan Walker. "I had never seen him without his beard because he used to come in early [to put it on]." When she saw the beardless actor at the film's wrap party, "I just couldn't get it together."

Special Bond

"I have been the mother to almost 40 children in movies, but I have always had a special place in my heart for little Natalie," Maureen O'Hara said. "She always called me Mama Maureen, and I called her Natasha, the name her parents had given her."

Macy's Closed

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