04333cgm a2200865 i 4500 276646442 TxAuBib 20161017120000.0 d 101118s2010||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 024543706465 set (OCoLC)681907810 TxAuBib rda eng eng fre spa eng Betty Smith's A tree grows in Brooklyn [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox ; screen play by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis ; produced by Louis D. Lighton ; directed by Elia Kazan. Tree grows in Brooklyn. Beverly Hills, Calif : Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2010. 1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. Adapted from the novel by Betty Smith. Issued as part of the Elia Kazan Collection : selected by Martin Scorsese boxed set, which contains 16 films and the book Elia Kazan, written by David M. Gillen.. Special features: Commentary by film historian Richard Schickel with Elia Kazan, Ted Donaldson, and Norman Lloyd; "The making of A tree grows in brooklyn" featurette; An appreciation of Dorothy McGuire; Movietonews: Betty Smith acknowledges artist renderings of the characters from her novel; Movietonews: Motion Picture Academy Awards 'Oscars' for film achievements; Sneak peek. Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Alfred Newman ; orchestral arrangements, Edward Powell ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler ; set decorations, Thomas Little ; costumes, Bonnie Cashin ; special photographic effects, Fred Sersen ; sound, Bernard Freericks, Roger Heman. Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Ruth Nelson, John Alexander, B.S. Pully. In pre-WWI Brooklyn, young Francie struggles to keep her idealism alive in the face of grinding poverty, her father's alcoholism, and the comedies and tragedies of ordinary life. MPAA rating : PG. DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono. 20161017. In English with optional English SDH, French or Spanish subtitles. Academy Awards, 1946: Best actor in supporting role (Dunn). National Film Registry selection, 2010. Smith, Betty, 1896-1972 Film adaptations. Families Drama. Alcoholics Family relationships Drama. Children of immigrants Drama. Children of alcoholics Drama. Immigrant families New York (State) New York Drama. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y) Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. National Film Registry. Kazan, Elia. Lighton, Louis D., 1895-1963., (Louis Duryea.) Slesinger, Tess, 1905-1945. Davis, Frank, 1897-1984. Shamroy, Leon, 1901-1974. Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002. Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970. Powell, Edward B. Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990. Little, Thomas, 1886-1985. Cashin, Bonnie. Sersen, Fred, 1890-1962. Freericks, Bernard. Heman, Roger. McGuire, Dorothy, 1918-2001., actor. Blondell, Joan. Dunn, James, 1901-1967. Nolan, Lloyd. Gleason, James, 1886-1959. Donaldson, Ted, 1933- Garner, Peggy Ann. Nelson, Ruth, 1905-1992. Alexander, John, 1897-1982. Pully, B. S., 1910-1972. Smith, Betty, 1896-1972. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. TXKEP