Elia kazan's directorial debut is adapted from Betty Smith's best-selling novel A Tree in Brooklyn. I haven't seen the original, but it feels good as far as the movie is concerned. Peggy Ann Garner, who plays the little girl Frances, turned out to be the girl who played Jane Eyre as a child in the old version of Jane Eyre. According to IMDb data, nicholas ray is also a walk-on in the film, which is estimated to be one of the two people who move bread in 13 minutes.