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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 1945. 2 hr 8 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Sincere, convincing film version of Betty Smith's story of a girl with an alcoholic father in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. Elia ...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, James Dunn. Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- Elia Kazan
- 1945-03
Mar 27, 1974 · A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Directed by Joseph Hardy. With Diane Baker, James Olson, Pamelyn Ferdin, Michael-James Wixted. The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
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- Drama
- Joseph Hardy
- 1974-03-27
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: 2...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 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. While her daily ...
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- Elia Kazan
- PG
- Dorothy Mcguire
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, New York, in the early 20th century.
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1.37 : 1. Film Length. 11,583ft (13 reels) During the early part of the century, in the Irish-American section of Brooklyn, the poor Nolan family struggles to make ends meet in their tenement flat. Johnny Nolan, an infrequently employed singing waiter, is an alcoholic whose jovial, impractical nature is the delight and despair of his hard ...
