A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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drama film film

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film adaptation of Betty Smith’s novel, focusing on a young girl’s coming-of-age in a poor Brooklyn family in the early 20th century.

Aliases (4)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) ×45
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) ×3
James Dunn ×1
Peggy Ann Garner ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film → film →
adaptationOf	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) →
author	Betty Smith →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
awardReceivedForWork	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) → A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) →
basedOn	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) →
cinematographyBy	Leon Shamroy →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
countryOfRelease	United States →
depicts	early 20th-century Brooklyn →
director	Elia Kazan →
distributor	20th Century Fox → Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation →
editedBy	Dorothy Spencer →
filmingStyle	black-and-white film →
genre	drama →
hasTitle	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn →
languageOfWork	English →
mainCharacter	Francie Nolan →
medium	feature film →
musicBy	Alfred Newman →
narrativeFocus	young girl’s coming-of-age →
notableFor	Elia Kazan’s feature film directorial debut →
originalLanguage	English →
portrays	Irish-American working-class family life → struggles of a poor Brooklyn family →
producer	Louis D. Lighton NERFINISHED →
productionCompany	20th Century Fox →
releaseYear	1945 →
runtimeMinutes	129 →
screenwriter	Frank Davis → Tess Slesinger →
settingLocation	Brooklyn →
settingTimePeriod	early 20th century →
starredActor	Dorothy McGuire → James Dunn → James Gleason → Joan Blondell → Lloyd Nolan → Peggy Ann Garner →
targetAudience	general audience →
theme	coming-of-age → family relationships → poverty →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Dunn ("A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)") → Peggy Ann Garner ("A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)") →	awardReceivedForWork
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) ("A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)") →	adaptationOf
Katie Nolan →	appearsIn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) ("A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)") →	basedOn
Elia Kazan →	directed
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) →	hasTitle
Dorothy McGuire →	notableWork