Movielogr
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Directed by Elia Kazan
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 128 minutes
Actors
Dorothy McGuire | Joan Blondell | James Dunn | Lloyd Nolan | James Gleason | Ted Donaldson | Peggy Ann Garner | Ruth Nelson | John Alexander | B.S. Pully | Ferike Boros | Virginia Brissac | Lillian Bronson | Adeline De Walt Reynolds | Charles Halton | Harry Harvey Jr. | J. Farrell MacDonald | Mae Marsh | Nicholas Ray | Erskine Sanford | Gloria Talbott | Robert J. Anderson | Jessie Arnold | John Berkes | Linda Bieber | Wyrley Birch | Al Bridge | Boots Brown | Sally Ann Brown | Sheila Brown | Bobby Burns | George M. Carleton | James B. Carson | Alec Craig | Peter Cusanelli | Harry Denny | Joy Duguay | Al Eben | Fernanda Eliscu | Edythe Elliott | Robert Ferrero | Elvin Field | Norman Field | Jean Fowler | Paul Graeff | Vincent Graeff | Joseph J. Greene | Irving Gump | Edith Hallor | Ethyl May Halls | Mary Lou Harrington | Paul Hilton | Janice Hood | Teddy Infuhr | Edna Jackson | Mickey Kuhn | Eva Lee Kuney | Jacqueline Larkin | Jack Lawrence | Susan Lester | Gerald Mackey | Robert Malcolm | Charles Marsh | Patricia McFadden | Mickey McGuire | George Meader | George Melford | Robert Milasch | Sue Moore | Ronnie Pattison | Francis Pierlot | Constance Purdy | Gordon Rader | Ruth Rickaby | Walt Robbins | Nancy June Robinson | Tony Santoro | Harry Seymour | Danny Shaw | Art Smith | William Smith | Robert Strange | Robert Tait | Dink Trout | Joyce Tucker | Paul Weigel | Martha Wentworth | Cecil Weston | Jack Carr