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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film that marked the debut of Elia Kazan as a dramatic film director. Adapted by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis from the 1943 novel by Betty Smith , the film focuses on an impoverished but aspirational, second-generation Irish-American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn ...
A classic drama film based on Betty Smith's novel about a young girl's coming of age in a Brooklyn tenement in the early 1900s. Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn and Peggy Ann Garner, who won an Oscar for her role as Francie.
- (8.5K)
- Drama, Family, Romance
- Elia Kazan
- 1945-03
This movie features Francie Nolan, a young girl, who vows to make it big in life, with the help of her devoted mother and alcoholic father. Initial release: 28 February 1945 (USA) Complete ...
- 129 min
- 300K
- Movie-Buff
This adaptation of the classic novel tells the story of young Francie Nolan (Peggy Ann Garner) who yearns for life beyond her Brooklyn apartment building.
- (18)
- Elia Kazan
- PG
- Dorothy Mcguire
The next morning, Francie and Neeley are on their way to school when they see the drunken Johnny staggering home. McShane escorts him up the stairs and is stunned to learn that he is Katie's husband. Later, Francie confides in Johnny her dream to attend a nicer school in a better neighborhood.
A drama film based on Betty Smith's novel about a poor family in Brooklyn in 1900. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read the user score and overview of this classic movie.
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