Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
“The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!”
1975•PG•1h 47m•6.3•Released
DocumentaryHistory
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Director
Philippe Mora
Writer
Philippe Mora
Languages
English
Studio
Goodtimes Enterprises
Cast
Laverne Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Maxene Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Patty Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Warner Baxter
Self (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
Self (archive footage)
Brooks Benedict
Self (archive footage)
Constance Bennett
Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley
Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin
Self (archive footage)
Willie Best
Self (archive footage)
Herman Bing
Self (archive footage)
Joan Blondell
Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Goodtimes Enterprises
Company
VPS Studios
Producer
Sanford Lieberson
Producer
David Puttnam
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