The same writing, acting and directing team forAdam""s Ribwent on to make another screwball comedy -Pat and Mike (1952).Inside Jason""s bunker, Whitney was held prisoner in chains, wailing in the echoing chamber: "Help me!" Her brother""s backpack was deposited near her, and she found the MISSING posters, realizing that Clay was searching for her.However, he did win the Best Screenplay award for he film.The Best Supporting Actor winner was Welsh-born actor Edmund Gwenn (with his first of two career nominations - and his sole Oscar win) as the believable, plump, department store Kris Kringle - a smiling, real "Santa Claus.Margaret: We both might face the fact that neither of us have proved o be a very great success as a wife.With a production budget of $4 million, and grossing only $101K (domestic) and $143K (worldwide).The film was a major box-office flop.Although it was screened at various film festivals in 2009, it wasn""t released theatrically (on a limited basis) - and on pay-per-view and DVD - until the next year.