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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)

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families celebrate a happy, poignant Christmas together, with the children bringing home a discarded tree, and later that night, Katie tells Johnny she is pregnant. She suggests that Francie drop out of school to work. Since Johnny understands how much being in school means to his daughter, he feels desperate to find a job. Despite the fact that it's snowing hard, Johnny goes out determined to find work but fails to return.
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Sissy's 'false philosophy' regarding the nature of love and marriage should be toned down". The studio did soften Sissy's characterization due to a libel suit filed by Smith's cousin, Sadie Grandner, who claimed that the character had been based on her and that she had suffered "scorn and ridicule" as a result. 20th Century Fox settled out of court with Grandner for the sum of $ 1,500.
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singing waiter, everything he earns usually ends up in his drinking, much to Katie's despair. The couple have two children: 13-year-old Francie, who idolizes her father; and 12-year-old Neeley. Tense and frustrated, Katie is often sharper with the children than she means to be, while Johnny is gentle, generous, and indulgent, especially with Francie.
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acknowledged McGuire for lending "intelligence and depth to a role which, in the hands of a less capable player, might have been shallow and lifeless". This review also complimented the studio for successfully transferring the novel to the screen, managing to trim the novel's scope without distorting
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Meanwhile, Katie moves the family into a smaller, cheaper apartment on the top floor, angering her husband who thinks she is being stingy. In fact, Katie is pregnant and worried how they will support another child. Sissy also becomes pregnant, and she and Katie reconcile shortly before Christmas. The
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In the meantime, a police officer new to the neighborhood, Officer McShane, encounters Sissy and the children one afternoon. When he meets Katie, he is enchanted. A few days later, however, he learns Johnny (drunk after an argument with his wife) is Katie's husband, and is devastated to realize Katie
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When the Nolans return home, they find Officer McShane babysitting Annie Laurie together with Sissy's husband and his baby. McShane has been waiting to propose to Katie, who accepts. McShane also asks to adopt Annie Laurie and give her his last name. Francie and Neeley think Annie Laurie's life with
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and collects rags for sale to a scrap fabric dealer in order to provide for her family. She's married to Johnny Nolan, a happy-go-lucky, charming man who means well, but dreams his way through life, rather than find steady employment. He is also an alcoholic. On the rare occasions he finds work as a
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During Katie's labor, at home because they cannot afford the hospital birth Sissy had, Francie is her mother's greatest help and comfort. Katie asks Francie to read some of her creative writing essays, and confides how much she misses Johnny. The shared experience brings mother and daughter closer.
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The children's grandmother Rommely often tells them about her immigration to the United States, and how important education is in life. While Neeley isn't interested in books and school, Francie is a bright child who is always reading, thinking about what she reads and observes, and eager to learn.
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Katie's sister, Sissy, is a sassy, free-spirited woman who has recently married for the third time. Katie learns this from gossipy insurance agent Mr. Barker when he comes by to collect the Nolans' weekly premium. Scandalized and embarrassed, Katie cuts off her relationship with Sissy, which makes
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initially refused to grant approval to the screenplay due to "the bigamous characterization of Sissy", who appears to be remarrying men even before her previous husbands have died. The screenplay was finally approved in May 1944, although Production Code officials issued "further warnings that
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called it "a vastly affecting film" and praised the "generally excellent cast", singling out Garner, who "with her plain face and lank hair, is Miss Smith's Francie Nolan to the life", and Dunn, who portrays her father with a "deep and sympathetic tenderness". Crowther added: "In the radiant
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The following June, both children graduate from their respective schools on the same day. Katie attends Neeley's graduation, while Sissy goes to Francie's. Using money Johnny gave her for safekeeping back in December, Sissy gives Francie a bouquet of flowers from her father, along with a
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while looking for work. Francie blames her mother for her father's death, but the births of Sissy's and Katie's babies help ease tensions in the household. To provide financial help, a sympathetic tavern owner, Mr. McGarrity, gives Francie and Neeley after-school jobs.
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After the graduation ceremonies, the family reunites at the ice cream shop to celebrate. While there, some boys who know Neeley come by their table. One teenager in particular is very interested in Francie, and asks her to a movie the next day, her first date.
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One Sunday, Francie persuades her father to go for a walk and shows him a nicer school in a nearby neighborhood which she'd like to attend. She helps her father write a letter to the principal requesting a transfer, and is accepted.
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performance by these two actors of a dreamy adoration between father and child is achieved a pictorial demonstration of emotion that is sublimely eloquent". He also praised the "easy naturalness" with which Kazan directs. A
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the children, who love their unconventional aunt, unhappy. Francie is also worried that the building's landlord has cut too many branches off the tree in the tenement's courtyard, which Francie and her father call the
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praised Kazan's direction for handling the potentially tragic story of the overcrowded and poverty-stricken Brooklyn tenements capably and not letting the film become "maudlin". A modern review by
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in 1912. The film covers a much shorter timespan than the book, which ranges from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old.
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Production took place between May 1 and August 2, 1944. Filmed on the 20th Century Fox lot, a full stage was taken up with a four-story replica of a
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The film won in one acting category, earned an honorary juvenile award, and received a nomination for adapted screenplay at the
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review called Garner's performance "astonishingly superb" and said Dunn's portrayal "has the mark of greatness about it". The
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congratulatory card that Johnny wrote himself. Francie, who has bottled up her grief for many months, finally breaks down.
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The screenplay was adapted for radio in 1949, for a musical play in 1951, and for a television film in 1974. In 2010,
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for her performance as Francie Nolan, the adolescent girl at the center of the coming-of-age story. Other stars are
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When the baby is born, a little girl, Katie names her Annie Laurie, after the song Johnny once sang to them.
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up and down the flights of stairs in some scenes. The tree of the film's title has been identified as an
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The film ends as Francie sees the courtyard tree begin to grow again, just as her father said it would.
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A week later, Officer McShane comes to the apartment to deliver the bad news that Johnny died of
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The film was released in February 1945. It was first viewed by United States troops based in
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were the focus of a studio bidding war even before the book's publication in 1943.
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was released on Region 1 DVD as part of the 20th Century Fox Home Video box set,
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A months-long talent search was launched for the part of Johnny Nolan.
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In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
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McShane as a father will be much easier, but not nearly as much fun.
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Katie Nolan is a hard-working housewife who scrubs the floors of her
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as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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acquired the rights for $ 55,000. The screenplay was written by
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was recognized as one of the ten best films of the year by the
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The film depicts several months in the life of the Nolans, an
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by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise.
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in the lead role as Katie Nolan. As she was unavailable,
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Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History
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later estimated the production budget at $ 3.6 million.
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was considered for the role, but several months later
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The film grossed $ 3 million in box office receipts.
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Index


Elia Kazan
Tess Slesinger
Frank Davis
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Louis D. Lighton
Dorothy McGuire
Joan Blondell
James Dunn
Lloyd Nolan
Peggy Ann Garner
Ted Donaldson
James Gleason
Ruth Nelson
John Alexander
B.S. Pully
Leon Shamroy
Dorothy Spencer
Alfred Newman
20th Century Fox
drama film
Elia Kazan
Tess Slesinger
Frank Davis
1943 novel
Betty Smith
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
New York

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