It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947): 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.


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It's a Wonderful Wonderful Feeling Harry Revel Lyrics
That's What Christmas Means to Me Harry Revel Lyrics
Speak - My Heart Harry Revel Lyrics
You're Everywhere Harry Revel Paul Francis Webster Lyrics
That's What Christmas Means to Me Don DeFore Lyrics
It's a Wonderful Wonderful Feeling The King's Men Lyrics
You're Everywhere The King's Men Lyrics
That's What Christmas Means to Me Gale Storm Lyrics
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Awards Year Recipient Category Result
Academy Awards 1948 Herbert Clyde Lewis, Frederick Stephani Best Writing, Original Story Nominee
Venice Film Festival 1947 Roy Del Ruth Grand International Award Nominee

It Happened on 5th Avenue DVD DVD: November 11, 2008
Classic Holiday DVD Classic Holiday DVD Collection: Volume 2
DVD: November 11, 2008
TCM Greatest Films Holiday DVD TCM Greatest Classic Films: Holiday
DVD: November 3, 2009
4 Film Favorites: Classic Holiday Collection, Volume 2 DVD 4 Film Favorites: Classic Holiday Collection, Volume 2 DVD
DVD: August 12, 2012
Silver Screen Icons DVD Silver Screen Icons: Holiday
DVD: November 3, 2017
It Happened on 5th Avenue Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection
Blu-ray: December 22, 2020

Details & Storyline
  • Budget
    $1,200,000
  • Cumulative Worldwide Gross
    $1,800,000
  • Filming Locations
    • Newport News, Virginia
  • Filming Dates
    • 08/05/1946 - 10/19/1946
  • Runtime
    1 hour 56 minutes
  • Sound Mix
  • Aspect Ratio
    • 1.33 : 1
  • Negative Format
    • 35mm
  • Printed Film Format
    • 35mm
  • Trivia
    • The movie originally was planned to be directed by Frank Capra, but he chose to do It's a Wonderful Life (1946) instead.
  • Quotes
    • Aloysius: And I would like to feel that you're all my friends. For to be without friends is a serious form of poverty.

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