A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Movie Review 1945

Sensitive young Irish lass growing up in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tries to rise above her tenement existence. Based on the novel by Betty Smith. Kazan's directorial debut.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Coming of Age, Wrong Side of the Tracks, New York, New York

Cast

Peggy Ann Garner, James Dunn, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson, James Gleason, John Alexander, Charles Halton

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Director

Elia Kazan

Music

Alfred Newman

Producer

TCF

Awards

Oscars 1945: Support. Actor (Dunn).