A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) - Adaptations

Adaptations

• The book was adapted into a 1945 film directed by Elia Kazan, starring James Dunn, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner, who won a Special Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress of 1945. James Dunn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film.
• In 1951, George Abbott produced and directed the story as a Broadway musical, collaborating with the author on the book, and with music by Arthur Schwartz and choreography by Herbert Ross. The show starred Shirley Booth, Marcia van Dyke, and twelve-year-old Nomi Mitty played Francie. It ran for 267 performances.
• Yet another adaptation was a 1974 "made for television" movie starring Cliff Robertson and Pamelyn Ferdin, which was based on the film's screenplay. This TV movie was a pilot for a weekly series drama which was never produced.