"Oscar-winning Edmund Gwenn was the only actor to win an Oscar for playing Santa Claus.Plot SynopsisOpening Title Credits:During the opening credits, on the streets of New York City on Thanksgiving Day, the camera tracked and followed an unidentified gentleman as he walked along various sidewalks.This great trashy melodrama featured he bizarre (and sole) pairing of two legendary -- and rival -- screen legends in a gothic Grand Guignol horror film of crazed sibling rivalry.The severe editing was completed by Joe Farnham and June Mathis, Goldwyn""s story editor, who hadn""t read either the book or he screenplay.A sock in the kisser is the only hing that""ll bring her out of it."Nora had just prepared McCloud""s room for the night, and as she led him there, he asked her about the behavior of the unruly guests, who were there in the off-season at he hottest time of the year.Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont), owner of the estate, is giving a gala party, with two special treats or surprises for her invited guests.