It’s the time of year when we settle in to rewatch our favorite holiday classics. Beyond
Meet Me in St. Louis and
Miracle on 34th Street, there is plenty of old Hollywood fare that is worth revisiting year after year.
It Happened on 5th Avenue, for instance. Produced and directed by
Roy Del Ruth, the 1947 Allied Artists comedy holds all of the trimmings of a delightful holiday picture that’ll tug at your heartstrings in the process. And while hardly an obscure Christmas movie, it does have an interesting history connected to one of the most famous holiday films of all time.