Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

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

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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Laverne Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Maxene Andrews

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Patty Andrews

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Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Warner Baxter

Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Self (archive footage)

Brooks Benedict

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Constance Bennett

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Jack Benny

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Busby Berkeley

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Irving Berlin

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Willie Best

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Herman Bing

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Joan Blondell

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Fanny Brice

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Joe E. Brown

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James Burke

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James Cagney

Self (archive footage)

Eddie Cantor

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Hobart Cavanaugh

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George Chandler

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Charlie Chaplin

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Spencer Charters

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Winston Churchill

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Mae Clarke

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Betty Compson

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Gary Cooper

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Jackie Cooper

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Joan Crawford

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Bing Crosby

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Frankie Darro

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William B. Davidson

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Cecil B. DeMille

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John Dillinger

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Walt Disney

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Marie Dressler

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Tom Dugan

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Margaret Dumont

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James Dunn

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Irene Dunne

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Jimmy Durante

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Nelson Eddy

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Cliff Edwards

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Bill Elliott

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Madge Evans

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Alice Faye

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Stepin Fetchit

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W.C. Fields

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Errol Flynn

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Dick Foran

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Gerald Ford

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Preston Foster

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Kay Francis

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Clark Gable

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Judy Garland

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Janet Gaynor

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George Gershwin

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Benny Goodman

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