Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Philippe Mora1975-08-06
The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!
5.7
107 min
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Cast
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Laverne Andrews | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Maxene Andrews | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Patty Andrews | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fred Astaire | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Warner Baxter | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Wallace Beery | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Brooks Benedict | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Constance Bennett | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jack Benny | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Busby Berkeley | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Irving Berlin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Willie Best | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Herman Bing | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joan Blondell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Humphrey Bogart | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fanny Brice | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joe E. Brown | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Burke | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Cagney | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eddie Cantor | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Hobart Cavanaugh | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Chandler | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Charlie Chaplin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Spencer Charters | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Winston Churchill | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mae Clarke | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Betty Compson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gary Cooper | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jackie Cooper | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joan Crawford | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bing Crosby | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Frankie Darro | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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William B. Davidson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cecil B. DeMille | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Dillinger | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Walt Disney | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Marie Dressler | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tom Dugan | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Margaret Dumont | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Dunn | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Irene Dunne | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jimmy Durante | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Nelson Eddy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cliff Edwards | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bill Elliott | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Madge Evans | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Alice Faye | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Stepin Fetchit | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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W.C. Fields | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dick Foran | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gerald Ford | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Preston Foster | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Kay Francis | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Clark Gable | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Judy Garland | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Janet Gaynor | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Gershwin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Benny Goodman | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Woody Guthrie | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Oliver Hardy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jean Harlow | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George 'Gabby' Hayes | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Katharine Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Billie Holiday | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Herbert Hoover | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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J. Edgar Hoover | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bob Hope | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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William Hopper | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Walter Huston | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Al Jolson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Boris Karloff | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ruby Keeler | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jacqueline Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fiorello LaGuardia | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Hedy Lamarr | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Stan Laurel | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gypsy Rose Lee | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Vivien Leigh | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Carole Lombard | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joe Louis | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Myrna Loy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bela Lugosi | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Douglas MacArthur | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jeanette MacDonald | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fredric March | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Chico Marx | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Groucho Marx | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harpo Marx | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ethel Merman | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Grant Mitchell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Paul Muni | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harold Nicholas | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fayard Nicholas | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Pat Nixon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jesse Owens | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dick Powell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eleanor Powell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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William Powell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tyrone Power | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Raft | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Paul Robeson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dewey Robinson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Edward G. Robinson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ginger Rogers | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Will Rogers | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mickey Rooney | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eleanor Roosevelt | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Roosevelt | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cliff Saum | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Max Schmeling | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Kate Smith | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Barbara Stanwyck | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Stewart | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Shirley Temple | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Spencer Tracy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harry S. Truman | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Rudy Vallee | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ethel Waters | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Wayne | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Johnny Weissmüller | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Orson Welles | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mae West | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harlow Wilcox | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Walter Winchell | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Fay Wray | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Loretta Young | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tammany Young | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |