A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Writer and producer who entered American film collaborating on the script for W.S. Van Dyke's CALIFORNIA at MGM in 1927. Other writing credits, alone or incollaboration, include SPRING FEVER (also 1927), ONE NEW YORK NIGHT (1935), LORD JEFF (1938, also producer), DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940), REMEMBER THE DAY (1941), ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY? (1942), A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945), THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH (1947), FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE (1948), JIM THORPE -- ALL-AMERICAN and TEN TALL MEN (both 1951), THE STORY OF WILL ROGERS, SPRINGFIELD RIFLE and THE JAZZ SINGER (all 1952), THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA (1954), THE INDIAN FIGHTER (1955), NIGHT OF THE QUARTER MOON (1959) and THE TRAIN (1964). As a producer during the 1930s, Davis was responsible for several Spanish language productions at MGM [OLIMPIA and EL PRESIDIO (both 1930), LA FRUTA AMARGA, EN CADA PUERTO UN AMOR and LA MUJER X (all 1931)], as well as PETTICOAT FEVER and THE DEVIL IS A SISSY (both 1936), THE CHASER (1938) and IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939).  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1945: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (w. Tess Slesinger)  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1965: THE TRAIN (w. Franklin Coen) 2 nominations