The District Attorney's a Republican
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Anon
Growing up, I always enjoyed watching Miracle on 34th Street, mainly on account of Edmund Gwenn's charming portrayal of Kris Kringle. As I watch it today, I realize there are two important lessons that come out of the film (lessons that might help explain its universal appeal): (a) truth must be subservient to sentiment (something for the left); and (b) truth can never be permitted to clog the gears of capitalism (something for the right).
3 years ago
Charles Halloran:
All right, you go back and tell them that the New York State Supreme Court rules there's no Santa Claus. It's all over the papers. The kids read it and they don't hang up their stockings. Now what happens to all the toys that are supposed to be in those stockings? Nobody buys them. The toy manufacturers are going to like that; so they have to lay off a lot of their employees, union employees. Now you got the CIO and the AF of L against ya and they're going to adore ya for it and they're going to say it with votes. Oh, and the department stores are going to love ya too and the Christmas card makers and the candy companies. Ho ho, Henry, you're going to be an awful popular fella. And what about the Salvation Army? Why, they got a Santy Claus on every corner, and they're taking a fortune. But you go ahead Henry, you do it your way. You go on back in there and tell them that you rule there is no Santy Claus. Go on. But if you do, remember this: you can count on getting just two votes, your own and that district attorney's out there. Judge Henry X. Harper:
[shaking his head No]
The District Attorney's a Republican
All right, you go back and tell them that the New York State Supreme Court rules there's no Santa Claus. It's all over the papers. The kids read it and they don't hang up their stockings. Now what happens to all the toys that are supposed to be in those stockings? Nobody buys them. The toy manufacturers are going to like that; so they have to lay off a lot of their employees, union employees. Now you got the CIO and the AF of L against ya and they're going to adore ya for it and they're going to say it with votes. Oh, and the department stores are going to love ya too and the Christmas card makers and the candy companies. Ho ho, Henry, you're going to be an awful popular fella. And what about the Salvation Army? Why, they got a Santy Claus on every corner, and they're taking a fortune. But you go ahead Henry, you do it your way. You go on back in there and tell them that you rule there is no Santy Claus. Go on. But if you do, remember this: you can count on getting just two votes, your own and that district attorney's out there. Judge Henry X. Harper:
[shaking his head No]
The District Attorney's a Republican
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Movie Summary
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistak
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Judge Henry X. Harper
![[Children Shouting In Distance] - Miracle on 34th Street](https://clip.cafe/img400/children-shouting-in-distance-s2.jpg)
![[Chuckling] - Miracle on 34th Street](https://clip.cafe/img400/chuckling-s89.jpg)
