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".
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".
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.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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.
Kevin Kash
Kevin Kash is a Brooklyn- born actor who has appeared in various film, television, and theater roles.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
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 don'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.
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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.
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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.
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In 2010, Martin Scorsese co-directed the documentary film "A Letter to Elia" as a personal tribute to Kazan.
Takashi Nakamura
Nakamura's 2001 film" A Tree of Palme" was an official selection of the Berlin Film Festival.
His work on Golden Warrior Gold Lightan inspired fellow animator Koji Morimoto.
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.

Question: Where was the director of film A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945 Film) born?
Answer: Constantinople