Tess Slesinger - Turner Classic Movies

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)

Claudia and David (1946)

Contract Writer

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Remember the Day (1942)

Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

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Bride Wore Red, The -- (Movie Clip) So Rich And Important

Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, For Childhood

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Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)

Claudia and David (1946)

Contract Writer

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Remember the Day (1942)

Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Contract Writer

Girls' School (1938)

The Bride Wore Red (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

His Brother's Wife (1936)

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Bride Wore Red, The -- (Movie Clip) So Rich And Important Hired to pose as an aristocrat, arriving at the fictional resort Terrana, Anni (Joan Crawford) meets postman Giulio (Franchot Tone, Crawford's husband), in The Bride Wore Red, 1938, directed by Dorothy Arzner.

Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, For Childhood Katie (Dorothy McGuire), Francie (Peggy Ann Garner) and Keeley (Ted Donaldson) Nolan are introduced immediately after the opening credits in Elia Kazan's debut feature, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1945.

Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Aunt Sissy Joan Blondell in her rousing first appearance as "Aunt Sissy" drops in on Katie (Dorothy McGuire), Francie (Peggy Ann Garner) and Keeley (Ted Donaldson) Nolan in Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1945.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Day! Epic dimensions from MGM in the opening scenes, introducing Chinese Wang Lung (Paul Muni) on his wedding day, plus neighbors, his father (Charley Grapewin) and some attitudes, in The Good Earth, 1937.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Thalberg Generally seen as historic, the opening titles featuring the almost-sole screen credit ever given to MGM studio chief Irving Thalberg, undertaken by his colleagues to mark his death at age 37, from The Good Earth, 1937, from the Pearl S. Buck novel.

Good Earth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) A Tree Will Grow Chinese peasant Wang (Paul Muni) meets and marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer, who won the Best Actress Academy Award), early in MGM's The Good Earth, 1937, from the Pearl S. Buck novel.

Girls' School (1938) -- (Movie Clip) How They Dance In Sweden First appearances, prom night, by Michael (Ralph Bellamy), whose teacher girlfriend Laurel (Gloria Holden) has misunderstood about his fellowship in Sweden, and working-class George (Noah Beery Jr.), escorting rebellious Natalie (Anne Shirley), in Girls' School, 1938.

Girls' School (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Dark And Dreadful Deeds Scholarship girl Natalie (Anne Shirley), finishing overnight monitor duty, reports to Miss Laurel (Gloria Holden) and Miss Armstrong (Marjorie Main), withholding one detail, early in Girls' School, 1938.

Girls' School (1938) -- (Movie Clip) About Magnolias Not knowing she's been seen by the night monitor, boarding school socialite Linda (Nan Grey) recounts her night of mischief to roommate and gossip Betty (Dorothy Moore), opening Girls' School, 1938, from a Tess Slesinger novella.

Bride Wore Red, The -- (Movie Clip) Bring A Girl To My Table Count Armalia (George Zucco), dispirited at the pretensions of his social set, in Trieste's seediest saloon, meets singer Anni (Joan Crawford), early in The Bride Wore Red, 1937, from a play by Ferenc Molnar.

Dance, Girl, Dance -- (Movie Clip) Too Classy When a night club boss (Harold Huber) isn't buying the Hula routine featuring Judy (Maureen O'Hara), Madame Basilova (Maria Ouspenskaya) produces Bubbles (Lucille Ball) just in time, in Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940.

Dance, Girl, Dance -- (Movie Clip) Morning Star Dance troupe girls on tour in Ohio, Bubbles (Lucille Ball) and Judy (Maureen O'Hara), get caught in a raid and meet local scion Jimmy (Louis Hayward), in Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940, directed by Dorothy Arzner.

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