As trench-coated Marlowe drove in his convertible along the Pacific Coast Highway o the designated, isolated rendezvous spot with Marriott crouching down in the back seat, he felt he was being watched ("I was a toad on a wet rock.BackgroundMiracle on 34th Street(1947) is director George Seaton""s popular and perennial Thanksgiving and Christmas classic holiday film - a dramatic comedy-fantasy about the commercialization of Santa Claus (Kris Kringle) and Christmas itself.She comes up to him, remembering him from Central High School where she is a senior and he was a recent graduate.Clyde Lockert (David Niven) introduces himself to Sam.Over dry martinis at a table, Lockert flirtatiously offers compliments o Sam""s "lovely" and attractive wife, although Sam is strangely unaware and dismissive of the amorous attention.[Note:There are five birthdays in the film (in order): (1) the Dawn of Man himself; (2) Dr.Floyd""s daughter; (3) Astronaut Frank (his parents sing him Happy Birthday via radio); (4) computer HAL""s "operational" birthday; (5) the Birth of the Starchild.