It Happened on 5th Avenue is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore, Charles Ruggles and Gale Storm. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, losing to Valentine Davies for another Christmas-themed story, Miracle on 34th Street.
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Produced by | Roy Del Ruth
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Screenplay by | Everett Freeman
Vick Knight (additional dialogue) Ben Markson (contributor to dialogue and special sequence) (uncredited) |
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Production company | Roy Del Ruth Productions |
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Running time | 116 minutes
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Country | United States
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Budget | $1.2 million or $1.3 million
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Box office | $1.8 million (estimated)
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