---
title: 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elia Kazan'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038190/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

1945 · 128 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film that marked the debut of Elia Kazan as a dramatic film director. Adapted by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis from the 1943 novel of the same name by Betty Smith, the film focuses on an impoverished, but aspirational, second-generation Irish-American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in the early 20th century. Peggy Ann Garner received the Academy Juvenile Award for her performance as Francie Nolan, the adolescent girl at the center of the coming-of-age story. The other members of the principal cast include Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson, and James Dunn, who received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Francie's father.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)
- **Screenplay:** [Anita Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-loos), [Betty Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-smith), [Frank Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-davis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Louis D. Lighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-d-lighton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Peggy Ann Garner](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-ann-garner)
- [Jack Carr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-carr)
- [Al Eben](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-eben)
- [Lloyd Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-nolan)
- [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald)
- [George Melford](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-melford)
- [Francis Pierlot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-pierlot)
- [Ted Donaldson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-donaldson)
- [Martha Wentworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-wentworth)
- [Erskine Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/erskine-sanford)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Gloria Talbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-talbott)
- [Mickey Kuhn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-kuhn)
- [John Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alexander)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)

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