Amazon.com video review:
Elia Kazan made his directorial debut with this adaptation of
Betty Smith's novel
about a bright, young girl growing up in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn,
trying to rise above her tenement existence. Sensitively filmed by
Kazan, and graced with wonderful performances by James Dunn as the
wistful, alcoholic father and Dorothy McGuire as a strong-willed
mother. Peggy Ann Garner won a special Oscar for her performance.
--Tom Keogh
