Gene Lockhart

Edmund Gwenn gives an Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning performance as Kris Kringle, a man who dedicates himself to portraying Santa Claus in this 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama. Writer-director George Seaton too was awarded an Academy Award for his screenplay.

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy.

Cary “devil may care” Grant and the “ravishing” Rosalind Russell let sparks fly in this 1940s romantic comedy from Howard Hawks (The Big Sleep), considered by the original theatrical trailer as “a companion hit to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” 

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser's miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.