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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
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28 February 1945 (USA)
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Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 1 nomination
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On my personal top ten list
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Dorothy McGuire | ... | Katie Nolan |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Sissy Edwards |
| James Dunn | ... | Johnny Nolan |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Officer McShane |
| James Gleason | ... | McGarrity |
| Ted Donaldson | ... | Neeley Nolan |
| Peggy Ann Garner | ... | Francie Nolan |
| Ruth Nelson | ... | Miss McDonough |
| John Alexander | ... | Steve Edwards |
| B.S. Pully | ... | Christmas Tree Vendor |
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128 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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After being so impressed by the dailies of the film, executives at Fox wanted to re-shoot the entire movie in Technicolor, but Elia Kazan refused.
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Referenced in "Gossip Girl: Seder Anything (#2.21)" (2009)
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Bridal Chorus
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A long time ago when I was still working in an automotive shop I taped this movie from KTTV at about three o'clock in the morning, bad reception and commercials and all. The whole thing was a revelation to me. Why, in my years of enjoying all sorts of classic movies at revival houses both in New York and here in Southern California, had I never heard of this movie? For the next three weeks I believe I would come home and watch it almost every day. As an adult child of an alcoholic father, this film moved me in a personal way that I don't think I can even fully investigate, it's just too basic for words. But in terms of cinematic quality alone, this film is a masterpiece. No matter what Elia Kazan did since, we have him to thank for this movie. There is not one false note in the whole of this movie; every actor IS the character they play, most especially Francie Nolan, played to absolute perfection by Peggy Ann Garner. The black and white cinematography is used to its best advantage, the sets are perfect, the music -- contemporary tunes playing along in the background by a rickety-sounding little orchestra -- just "there" enough to provide the auditory backdrop that is the soundtrack of the times, and the emotional intensity and pacing is even, never heavy-handed, and consistent from beginning to end. This is probably the most perfect and authentic film of the black and white era. Hopefully the reason 20th Century Fox has delayed the DVD release is that they're enhancing the package with some special features that devotees of this movie like myself will really enjoy. When the movie came out on VHS I ran to buy it. It will be the same with the DVD.