Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!
1975 · 1h 47m · PG Documentary, History
Overview
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Director and cast
- James Cagney as Himself
- Laverne Andrews as Self (archive footage)
- Please Delete Me as Herself
- Maxene Andrews as Self (archive footage)
- Maxine Andrews as Herself
- Patty Andrews as Self (archive footage)
- Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage)
- Warner Baxter as Self (archive footage)
- Wallace Beery as Self (archive footage)
- Brooks Benedict as Self (archive footage)
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