A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974 film)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1974 American TV film from 20th Century Fox based on the novel.
It was produced by Norman Rosemont.
Betty Smith
Betty Smith( born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner; December 15, 1896 – January 17, 1972) was an American author.
She is best known for her 1943 bestselling novel" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," which is considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century.
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan( born Elias Kazantzoglou; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek- American director, producer, writer and actor, described by" The New York Times" as" one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".
He was born in Constantinople( now Istanbul, Turkey), to Cappadocian Greek parents.
After attending Williams College and then the Yale School of Drama, he acted professionally for eight years, later joining the Group Theatre in 1932, and co-founded the Actors Studio in 1947.
With Robert Lewis and Cheryl Crawford, his actors' studio introduced" Method Acting" under the direction of Lee Strasberg.
Kazan acted in a few films, including" City for Conquest"( 1940).
Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins.
He directed a string of successful films, including" A Streetcar Named Desire"( 1951)," On the Waterfront"( 1954), and" East of Eden"( 1955).
During his career, he won two Oscars as Best Director, three Tony Awards, and four Golden Globes.
He also received an Honorary Oscar.
His films were concerned with personal or social issues of special concern to him.
Kazan writes," I do n't move unless I have some empathy with the basic theme."
His first such" issue" film was" Gentleman's Agreement"( 1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with anti-Semitism in America.
It received 8 Oscar nominations and 3 wins, including Kazan's first for Best Director.
It was followed by" Pinky", one of the first films in mainstream Hollywood to address racial prejudice against African Americans.
In 1954, he directed" On the Waterfront", a film about union corruption on the New York harbor waterfront.
" A Streetcar Named Desire"( 1951), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning 4, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role.
In 1955, he directed John Steinbeck's" East of Eden", which introduced James Dean to movie audiences.
A turning point in Kazan's career came with his testimony as a witness before the House Committee on Un- American Activities in 1952 at the time of the Hollywood blacklist, which brought him strong negative reactions from many liberal friends and colleagues.
His testimony helped end the careers of former acting colleagues Morris Carnovsky and Art Smith, along with the work of playwright Clifford Odets.
The two men had made a pact to name each other in front of the committee.
Kazan later justified his act by saying he took" only the more tolerable of two alternatives that were either way painful and wrong."
Nearly a half- century later, his anti-Communist testimony continued to cause controversy.
When Kazan was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1999, dozens of actors chose not to applaud as 250 demonstrators picketed the event.
Kazan influenced the films of the 1950s and 1960s with his provocative, issue- driven subjects.
Director Stanley Kubrick called him," without question, the best director we have in America,[ and] capable of performing miracles with the actors he uses."
Film author Ian Freer concludes that even" if his achievements are tainted by political controversy, the debt Hollywood —and actors everywhere—owes him is enormous."
In 2010, Martin Scorsese co- directed the documentary film" A Letter to Elia" as a personal tribute to Kazan.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American romantic drama film that marked the debut of Elia Kazan as a film director.
Adapted by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis from the 1943 novel by Betty Smith, the period drama 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.
Other stars are 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.
The screenplay was adapted for radio in 1949 and television in 1974.
In 2010," A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Mickey Kuhn
Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr.( born September 21, 1932), better known as Mickey Kuhn, is an American former child actor.
He was very famous in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
His most remembered role was in" Gone with the Wind"( 1939).
He also appeared in" Juarez"( 1939)," A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"( 1945)," Red River"( 1948), and" Broken Arrow"( 1950).
James Dunn (actor)
James Howard Dunn( November 2, 1901 – September 1, 1967) was an American actor.
He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the romantic drama film" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"( 1946) and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Early in his career, he was billed as Jimmy Dunn.
Alfred Santell
Alfred Allen Santell, also known as Al Santell( 1895 – 1981), was an American film director and film producer.
Santell directed over 60 films, beginning in 1917, most of which were two- reel comedy short subjects for Hal Roach and other productions companies.
Taking up feature films from about 1924, Santell worked for several major studios.
In 1934, he was married to actress Jane N. Keithley; they remained married until her death.
He left the business in 1947 after a contract dispute with Republic Studios.
Santell died on June 19, 1981 in Salinas, California.
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Mr. Muggs Rides Again is a 1945 film starring" The East Side Kids".
The Caribbean Mystery
The Caribbean Mystery is a 1945 film directed by Robert D. Webb.
It stars James Dunn and Sheila Ryan.
Dunn made the film after his comeback with" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn".
Subway Sadie
Subway Sadie is a 1926 American silent comedy- drama film directed by Alfred Santell.
Adapted from Mildred Cram's 1925 short story" Sadie of the Desert", the film focuses on a relationship between New York salesgirl Sadie Hermann( Dorothy Mackaill) and subway guard Herb McCarthy( Jack Mulhall), who meet on the subway and become engaged.
However, after Sadie receives a promotion, she must choose between her new job and marrying Herb.
The cast also includes Charles Murray, Peggy Shaw, Gaston Glass, and Bernard Randall.
The film began production in May 1926.
Arthur Edeson served as cinematographer, shooting around Central Park in areas like casinos and nightclubs.
Distributed by First National Pictures, the film premiered in New York on September 12, 1926.
Many publications wrote positively of the film, praising its acting and Santell's direction.
Today, it remains unknown if a print of" Subway Sadie" has survived.

Question: Do both films Subway Sadie and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945 Film) have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: yes