A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Each heart-warming character comes alive on the screen!
1945 · PG · 2h 8m · Drama
Genres: Drama
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young…
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Betty Smith, Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis
Music by: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Rated 7.5/10 by 108 viewers
Cast
Dorothy McGuire as Katie NolanJoan Blondell as Aunt SissyJames Dunn as Johnny NolanLloyd Nolan as Officer McShaneJames Gleason as McGarrityTed Donaldson as Neeley NolanPeggy Ann Garner as Francie NolanRuth Nelson as Miss McDonoughJohn Alexander as Steve EdwardsB.S. Pully as Christmas Tree VendorFerike Boros as Grandmother (uncredited)Virginia Brissac as Miss Tilford (uncredited)More like this
The Glass Castle (2017)East of Eden (1955)The Dead (1987)Cabrini (2024)Small Things Like These (2024)Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)Wonderstruck (2017)Passing (2021)