A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)


A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Release Date28 February 1945
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a 1945 film, the first film directed by Greek-American director Elia Kazan, starring James Dunn (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner (who won the Academy Juvenile Award).


Cast and Crew


Cast

Katie Nolan

Sissy Edwards

Johnny Nolan

Officer McShane

McGarrity

Neeley Nolan

Francie Nolan

Ruth Nelson
Miss McDonough

John Alexander
Steve Edwards

B.S. Pully
Christmas Tree Vendor

Robert J. Anderson
Augie

Jessie Arnold
Nurse

John Berkes
Mr. Creckenbox

Linda Bieber
Girl

Grandma Rommely

Cheap Charlie

Miss Tilford

Lillian Bronson
Librarian

Boots Brown
Boy

Sally Ann Brown
Girl

Sheila Brown
Girl

Bobby Burns
Library Patron

George M. Carleton
Doctor

Jack Carr
Undetermined

James B. Carson
Undetermined

Alec Craig
Werner

Peter Cusanelli
The Barber

Harry Denny
Undetermined

Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Waters

Joy Duguay
Girl

Union Man

Fernanda Eliscu
Undetermined

Edythe Elliott
Nurse

Robert Ferrero
Raider

Elvin Field
Boy

Norman Field
Principal

Jean Fowler
Undetermined

Paul Graeff
Raider

Vincent Graeff
Henny Gaddis

Joseph J. Greene
Hassler

Irving Gump
Undetermined

Edith Hallor
Christmas Tree Customer

Ethyl May Halls
Undetermined

Mr. Barker

Mary Lou Harrington
Girl

Harry Harvey Jr.
Herschel Knutson

Paul Hilton
Boy

Janice Hood
Girl

Teddy Infuhr
Boy in Soda Fountain

Edna Jackson
Tynmore sister

Boy at Christmas Tree Throw

Eva Lee Kuney
Girl

Jacqueline Larkin
Girl

Jack Lawrence
Bakery clerk

Susan Lester
Flossie Gaddis

Carney The Junkman

Gerald Mackey
Raider

Robert Malcolm
Doctor

Charles Marsh
Undetermined

Tynmore Sister

Patricia McFadden
Sheila

Mickey McGuire
Raider

George Meader
Principal

George Melford
Mr. Spencer

Sue Moore
-

Ronnie Pattison
Boy

Francis Pierlot
Priest at Funeral

Constance Purdy
Undetermined

Gordon Rader
Boy

Bakery clerk

Ruth Rickaby
Undetermined

Walt Robbins
Junkman

Nancy June Robinson
Girl

Erskine Sanford
Undertaker

Tony Santaro
Waiter

Harry Seymour
Floorwalker at 5 & 10 cent store

Danny Shaw
Raider

Art Smith
Charley

Robert Strange
Doctor

Robert Tait
Street singer

Teen-Age Girl in Classroom

Dink Trout
Undetermined

Joyce Tucker
Girl

Paul Weigel
Candy store proprietor

Martha Wentworth
Sheila's Mother

Cecil Weston
Undetermined

Director

Producer

Frank Davis
writer

uncredited

Tess Slesinger
writer

Betty Smith
novel

Louis D. Lighton
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Dorothy Spencer
-

Art Director

Set Decorator

Thomas Little
-

Costume Designer

Bonnie Cashin
-

Makeup Department

Guy Pearce
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Saul Wurtzel
assistant director

Art Department

Frank E. Hughes
associate set decorator

Sound Department

Bernard Freericks
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

E. Truman Joiner
key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sam Benson
wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

Edward B. Powell
orchestrator

Other Crew

dialogue director

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Media Cooperation One (MC-One)

inD DVD






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Films directed by Elia Kazan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Baby Doll (1956)
Boomerang! (1947)
East of Eden (1955)
Pinky (1949)
The Visitors (1972)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Wild River (1960)