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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!

1975•1h 47m•6.1/10
DocumentaryHistory

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6.1/10(8)

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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Production

Goodtimes Enterprises, VPS Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Self (archive footage)

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict

Self (archive footage)

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

Self (archive footage)

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

Self (archive footage)

Willie Best

Willie Best

Self (archive footage)

Herman Bing

Herman Bing

Self (archive footage)

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage)

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Self (archive footage)

James Burke

James Burke

Self (archive footage)

James Cagney

James Cagney

Self (archive footage)

Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor

Self (archive footage)

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