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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Documentary

History

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

Date: 08/06/1975
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Brooks Benedict, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Irving Berlin, Willie Best, Herman Bing, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Fanny Brice, Joe E. Brown, James Burke, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Hobart Cavanaugh, George Chandler, Charlie Chaplin, Spencer Charters, Winston Churchill, Mae Clarke, Betty Compson, Gary Cooper, Jackie Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Frankie Darro, William B. Davidson, Cecil B. DeMille, John Dillinger, Walt Disney, Marie Dressler, Tom Dugan, Margaret Dumont, James Dunn, Irene Dunne, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Cliff Edwards, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Elliott, Madge Evans, Alice Faye, Stepin Fetchit, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, Dick Foran, Gerald Ford, Preston Foster, Kay Francis, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Janet Gaynor, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Cary Grant, Woody Guthrie, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Bob Hope, William Hopper, Walter Huston, Lyndon B. Johnson, Al Jolson, Boris Karloff, Ruby Keeler, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Fiorello LaGuardia, Hedy Lamarr, Stan Laurel, Gypsy Rose Lee, Vivien Leigh, Carole Lombard, Joe Louis, Myrna Loy, Bela Lugosi, Douglas MacArthur, Jeanette MacDonald, Fredric March, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Ethel Merman, Grant Mitchell, Paul Muni, Harold Nicholas, Fayard Nicholas, Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon, Jesse Owens, Dick Powell, Eleanor Powell, William Powell, Tyrone Power, George Raft, Paul Robeson, Dewey Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Will Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Cliff Saum, Max Schmeling, Kate Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy, Harry S. Truman, Rudy Vallee, Ethel Waters, John Wayne, Johnny Weissmüller, Orson Welles, Mae West, Harlow Wilcox, Walter Winchell, Fay Wray, Loretta Young, Tammany Young

Laverne Andrews as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Laverne Andrews

Maxene Andrews as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Patty Andrews

Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Fred Astaire

Warner Baxter as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Warner Baxter

Wallace Beery as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Wallace Beery

Brooks Benedict as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Brooks Benedict

Constance Bennett as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Constance Bennett

Jack Benny as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jack Benny

Busby Berkeley as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Busby Berkeley

Irving Berlin as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Irving Berlin

Willie Best as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Willie Best

Herman Bing as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Herman Bing

Joan Blondell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Joan Blondell

Humphrey Bogart as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Humphrey Bogart

Fanny Brice as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Fanny Brice

Joe E. Brown as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Joe E. Brown

James Burke as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? James Burke

James Cagney as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? James Cagney

Eddie Cantor as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Eddie Cantor

Hobart Cavanaugh as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Hobart Cavanaugh

George Chandler as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? George Chandler

Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Charlie Chaplin

Spencer Charters as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Spencer Charters

Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Winston Churchill

Mae Clarke as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Mae Clarke

Betty Compson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Betty Compson

Gary Cooper as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Gary Cooper

Jackie Cooper as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jackie Cooper

Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Joan Crawford

Bing Crosby as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Bing Crosby

Frankie Darro as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Frankie Darro

William B. Davidson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? William B. Davidson

Cecil B. DeMille as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Cecil B. DeMille

John Dillinger

Walt Disney as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Walt Disney

Marie Dressler as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Marie Dressler

Tom Dugan as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Tom Dugan

Margaret Dumont as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Margaret Dumont

James Dunn as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? James Dunn

Irene Dunne as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Irene Dunne

Jimmy Durante as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jimmy Durante

Nelson Eddy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Nelson Eddy

Cliff Edwards as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Cliff Edwards

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bill Elliott as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Bill Elliott

Madge Evans as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Madge Evans

Alice Faye as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Alice Faye

Stepin Fetchit as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Stepin Fetchit

W.C. Fields as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? W.C. Fields

Errol Flynn as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Errol Flynn

Dick Foran as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Dick Foran

Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Gerald Ford

Preston Foster as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Preston Foster

Kay Francis as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Kay Francis

Clark Gable as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Clark Gable

Judy Garland as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Judy Garland

Janet Gaynor as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Janet Gaynor

George Gershwin as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? George Gershwin

Benny Goodman as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Benny Goodman

Cary Grant as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Cary Grant

Woody Guthrie as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Woody Guthrie

Oliver Hardy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Oliver Hardy

Jean Harlow as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jean Harlow

George 'Gabby' Hayes as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? George 'Gabby' Hayes

Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Katharine Hepburn

Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Billie Holiday

Herbert Hoover as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Herbert Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? J. Edgar Hoover

Bob Hope as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Bob Hope

William Hopper as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? William Hopper

Walter Huston as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Walter Huston

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Lyndon B. Johnson

Al Jolson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Al Jolson

Boris Karloff as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Boris Karloff

Ruby Keeler as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Ruby Keeler

Jacqueline Kennedy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jacqueline Kennedy

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? John F. Kennedy

Fiorello LaGuardia

Hedy Lamarr as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Hedy Lamarr

Stan Laurel as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Stan Laurel

Gypsy Rose Lee as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Gypsy Rose Lee

Vivien Leigh as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Vivien Leigh

Carole Lombard as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Carole Lombard

Joe Louis

Myrna Loy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Myrna Loy

Bela Lugosi as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Bela Lugosi

Douglas MacArthur as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Douglas MacArthur

Jeanette MacDonald as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jeanette MacDonald

Fredric March as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Fredric March

Chico Marx as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Chico Marx

Groucho Marx as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Groucho Marx

Harpo Marx as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Harpo Marx

Ethel Merman as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Ethel Merman

Grant Mitchell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Grant Mitchell

Paul Muni as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Paul Muni

Harold Nicholas as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Harold Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Fayard Nicholas

Pat Nixon as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Pat Nixon

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Richard Nixon

Jesse Owens as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Jesse Owens

Dick Powell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Dick Powell

Eleanor Powell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Eleanor Powell

William Powell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? William Powell

Tyrone Power as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Tyrone Power

George Raft as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? George Raft

Paul Robeson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Paul Robeson

Dewey Robinson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Dewey Robinson

Edward G. Robinson as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Edward G. Robinson

Ginger Rogers as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Ginger Rogers

Will Rogers as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Will Rogers

Mickey Rooney as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Mickey Rooney

Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Franklin D. Roosevelt

James Roosevelt

Cliff Saum

Max Schmeling as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Max Schmeling

Kate Smith as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Kate Smith

Barbara Stanwyck as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Barbara Stanwyck

James Stewart as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? James Stewart

Shirley Temple as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Shirley Temple

Spencer Tracy as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Spencer Tracy

Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Harry S. Truman

Rudy Vallee as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Rudy Vallee

Ethel Waters as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Ethel Waters

John Wayne as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? John Wayne

Johnny Weissmüller as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Johnny Weissmüller

Orson Welles as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Orson Welles

Mae West as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Mae West

Harlow Wilcox

Walter Winchell as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Walter Winchell

Fay Wray as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Fay Wray

Loretta Young as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Loretta Young

Tammany Young as Self (archive footage) in Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Tammany Young