A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1945 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Elia Kazan

Written By:
Frank Davis
Tess Slesinger

Actors:
B.S. Pulley ..... Christmas Tree Vendor
Dorothy McGuire ..... Katie Nolan
James Dunn ..... Johnny Nolan aka The Brooklyn Thrush
James Gleason ..... McGarrity
Joan Blondell ..... Sissy Edwards
John Alexander ..... Steve Edwards
Lloyd Nolan ..... Officer McShane
Peggy Ann Garner ..... Francie Nolan
Ruth Nelson ..... Miss McDonough
Ted Donaldson ..... Neeley Nolan

Synopsis:

Based on the best-selling novel by Betty Smith, the film relates the trials and tribulations of a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement family. The father, Dunn, is a likable but irresponsible alcoholic whose dreams of improving his family's lot are invariably doomed to disappointment. The mother, Dorothy McGuire, is the true head of the household, steadfastly holding the family together no matter what crisis arises. The story is told from the point of view of daughter Peggy Ann Garner, a clear-eyed realist who nonetheless would like to believe in her pie-in-the-sky father, whom she dearly loves. Joan Blondell co-stars as the family's brash, freewheeling aunt, whose means of financial support is a never-ending source of neighborhood gossip. This first film directorial effort of Elia Kazan earned a special Oscar for 'Most Promising Juvenile Performer' Peggy Ann Garner.

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 Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

In pre-WWI Brooklyn, young Francie struggles to keep her idealism alive in the face of grinding poverty and the comedies and tragedies of ordinary life. Very close to the spirit of the Betty Smith novel.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 January, 2008.

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