65K views · 428 reactions | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn premiered in NYC 80 years ago today on February 28, 1945. The original NY Times review said the film "carries tremendous emotional punch" and "got to the core of the story which Miss Smith [author] plainly tore from her own heart" #otd | Classic Movie Hub | Facebook

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" 🎥(1945) The 'Annie Laurie' Scene, with James Dunn A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film that marked the debut of Elia Kazan as a dramatic film director. Adapted by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis from the 1943 novel by Betty Smith, the film 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 Ju