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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
It's 1947's Richest Comedy!
Oscar nomineeBest Story1 Oscar nom7.1 TMDB worldwide · 90 ratings
Story
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
About the film
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.
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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.
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Behind the camera
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
- Producers
- Roy Del Ruth
- Music
- Edward Ward
- Cinematography
- Henry Sharp
- Editing
- Richard V. Heermance
Awards
All awards1 nomination
- 1948Oscar · Best StoryFrederick Stephani & Herbert Clyde LewisNominated
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