A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan, Saul Wurtzel
Actors: B.S. Pully, Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, James Gleason, Joan Blondell, John Alexander, Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Ann Garner, Ruth Nelson, Ted Donaldson