It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Directed by

Roy Del Ruth

Genre

romantic comedy, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 87 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A homeless man moves into a rich man's empty mansion for Christmas. He invites other homeless people to stay, and then the owner's family shows up too, not knowing who he is.

heartwarmingwhimsicalcozylightheartedhopefulamusinggentleold-fashionedcomedic

What happens

It Happened on 5th Avenue (titled onscreen as It Happened on Fifth Avenue) is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore and Gale Storm. The film follows a clever vagrant as he helps several strangers take shelter in a vacant New York City mansion during the Christmas holidays, unwittingly inviting the mansion's owner and his family to stay with them. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, losing to Valentine Davies for another Christmas-themed film, Miracle on 34th Street. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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