Thomaston, Maine - On Thursday, December 11th, at 6:30 PM, the Thomaston Public Library will host the Saltwater Film Society screening of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, based on the best-selling novel by Betty Smith. This 1945 Elia Kazan film relates the trials and tribulations of a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement family. The father, James Dunn, is a likable but irresponsible alcoholic whose dreams of improving his family's lot are invariably doomed to disappointment. The mother, Dorothy McGuire, is the true head of the household, steadfastly holding the family together no matter what crisis arises.
The story is told from the point of view of daughter Peggy Ann Garner, a clear-eyed realist who nonetheless would like to believe in her pie-in-the-sky father, whom she dearly loves. Joan Blondell co-stars as the family's brash, freewheeling aunt, whose means of financial support is a never-ending source of neighborhood gossip.
This first film-directorial effort of Elia Kazan scores a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
For more information about the Saltwater Film Society, please see their website,
http://www.saltwaterfilmsociety.org/.
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