A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Drama • 2h 8m
Overview
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, Peggy Ann Garner, Ruth Nelson, John Alexander, B.S. Pully, Ferike Boros, Virginia Brissac, Lillian Bronson, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Charles Halton, Harry Harvey Jr., J. Farrell MacDonald, Mae Marsh, Nicholas Ray, Erskine Sanford, Gloria Talbott, Robert J. Anderson, Jessie Arnold, John Berkes, Linda Bieber, Wyrley Birch, Al Bridge, Boots Brown, Sally Ann Brown, Sheila Brown, Bobby Burns, George M. Carleton, James B. Carson, Alec Craig, Peter Cusanelli, Harry Denny, Joy Duguay, Al Eben, Fernanda Eliscu, Edythe Elliott, Robert Ferrero, Elvin Field, Norman Field, Jean Fowler, Paul Graeff, Vincent Graeff, Joseph J. Greene, Irving Gump, Edith Hallor, Ethyl May Halls, Mary Lou Harrington, Paul Hilton, Janice Hood, Teddy Infuhr, Edna Jackson, Mickey Kuhn, Eva Lee Kuney, Jacqueline Larkin, Jack Lawrence, Susan Lester, Gerald Mackey, Robert Malcolm, Charles Marsh, Patricia McFadden, Mickey McGuire, George Meader, George Melford, Robert Milasch, Sue Moore, Ronnie Pattison, Francis Pierlot, Constance Purdy, Gordon Rader, Ruth Rickaby, Walt Robbins, Nancy June Robinson, Tony Santoro, Harry Seymour, Danny Shaw, Art Smith, William Smith, Robert Strange, Robert Tait, Dink Trout, Joyce Tucker, Paul Weigel, Martha Wentworth, Cecil Weston, Jack Carr
Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save file space)
Universal 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and Atmos
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save file space)
The old 2 disc DVD has extras missing from 4K Blu-ray
Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save file space)
Universal 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and Atmos
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save file space)
The old 2 disc DVD has extras missing from 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Cassavetes
Director: John Cassavetes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Joel Coen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release
All the same
Director: Joel Coen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release
All the same
Director: Sidney Lumet
1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Criterion Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Sidney Lumet
1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Criterion Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Criterion Blu-ray
Director: Elia Kazan
Criterion Blu-ray
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Atom Egoyan
Criterion Blu-ray: from 4K restoration but exhibits compression artifacts
Director: Atom Egoyan
Criterion Blu-ray: from 4K restoration but exhibits compression artifacts
Director: George B. Seitz
Director: George B. Seitz
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Criterion 4K Blu-ray: intact grain compared to Toho/BFI UHDs' DNR'd master
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is good, derived from the 1995 Criterion LaserDisc (which would be minimally better due to its lack of filtering) see blah-ray
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Criterion 4K Blu-ray: intact grain compared to Toho/BFI UHDs' DNR'd master
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is good, derived from the 1995 Criterion LaserDisc (which would be minimally better due to its lack of filtering) see blah-ray
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Directors: Sam Liu & Lauren Montgomery
Directors: Sam Liu & Lauren Montgomery
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