Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 49 years old
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.
Credits
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fred Astaire He was 76, 88 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Cecil B. DeMille He was 93, 77 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Joan Crawford She was 71, 73 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Charlie Chaplin He was 86, 88 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Clark Gable He was 74, 59 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| James Stewart He was 67, 89 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Cary Grant He was 71, 82 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Fay Wray She was 67, 96 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Katharine Hepburn She was 68, 96 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Bob Hope He was 72, 100 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Kay Francis She was 70, 63 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| John Wayne He was 68, 72 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Judy Garland She was 53, 47 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| George Raft He was 79, 85 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Errol Flynn He was 66, 50 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| George 'Gabby' Hayes He was 90, 83 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Shirley Temple She was 47, 85 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon He was 62, 81 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Stan Laurel He was 85, 74 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Tyrone Power He was 61, 44 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Orson Welles He was 60, 70 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| William Hopper He was 60, 55 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Edward G. Robinson He was 81, 79 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| William Powell He was 83, 91 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Humphrey Bogart He was 75, 57 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Gypsy Rose Lee She was 64, 59 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Oliver Hardy He was 83, 65 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Paul Robeson He was 77, 77 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Myrna Loy She was 70, 88 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| James Cagney He was 76, 86 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Vivien Leigh She was 61, 53 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Nelson Eddy He was 74, 65 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Mickey Rooney He was 54, 93 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Ginger Rogers She was 64, 83 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Fredric March He was 77, 77 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Joan Blondell She was 68, 73 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Mae Clarke She was 64, 81 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Irene Dunne She was 76, 91 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Boris Karloff He was 87, 81 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Walter Huston He was 92, 67 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Loretta Young She was 62, 87 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Groucho Marx He was 84, 86 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Barbara Stanwyck She was 68, 82 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Hedy Lamarr She was 60, 85 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Jackie Cooper He was 52, 88 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jimmy Durante He was 82, 86 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Cliff Edwards He was 80, 76 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Madge Evans She was 66, 71 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Irving Berlin He was 87, 101 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Bela Lugosi He was 92, 73 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Ruby Keeler She was 64, 82 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| William B. Davidson He was 87, 59 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Frankie Darro He was 57, 59 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Busby Berkeley He was 79, 80 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Harpo Marx He was 86, 75 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jeanette MacDonald She was 72, 61 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Spencer Tracy He was 75, 67 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Margaret Dumont She was 92, 82 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Constance Bennett She was 70, 60 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Janet Gaynor She was 68, 77 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Harry S. Truman He was 91, 88 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Paul Muni He was 79, 71 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Alice Faye She was 60, 83 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Dick Powell He was 70, 58 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Grant Mitchell He was 101, 82 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Dick Foran He was 65, 69 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| James Burke He was 88, 81 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Al Jolson He was 89, 64 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Walter Winchell He was 78, 74 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jack Benny He was 81, 80 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Ethel Waters She was 78, 80 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Preston Foster He was 74, 69 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Ethel Merman She was 67, 76 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Mae West She was 81, 87 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Marie Dressler She was 106, 65 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| George Chandler He was 77, 86 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jean Harlow She was 64, 26 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Bing Crosby He was 72, 74 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Stepin Fetchit He was 73, 83 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Hobart Cavanaugh He was 88, 63 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson He was 66, 64 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Tammany Young He was 88, 49 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| John F. Kennedy He was 58, 46 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Benny Goodman He was 66, 77 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Herman Bing He was 86, 57 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Warner Baxter He was 86, 62 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Fanny Brice She was 83, 59 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Douglas MacArthur He was 95, 84 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Wallace Beery He was 90, 64 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| W.C. Fields He was 95, 66 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Brooks Benedict He was 79, 71 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Johnny Weissmuller He was 71, 79 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Will Rogers He was 95, 55 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Gary Cooper He was 74, 60 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Betty Compson She was 78, 77 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Eddie Cantor He was 83, 72 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Eleanor Powell She was 62, 69 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Carole Lombard She was 66, 33 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Rudy Vallée He was 74, 84 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jesse Owens He was 61, 66 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Spencer Charters He was 100, 67 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Kate Smith She was 68, 79 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower He was 84, 78 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Woody Guthrie He was 63, 55 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Billie Holiday She was 60, 44 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| George Gershwin He was 76, 38 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Dewey Robinson He was 76, 52 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Willie Best He was 59, 45 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Fayard Nicholas He was 60, 91 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Winston Churchill He was 100, 90 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Chico Marx He was 88, 74 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Pat Nixon She was 63, 81 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Max Schmeling He was 69, 99 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| J. Edgar Hoover He was 80, 77 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Harold Nicholas He was 54, 79 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| James Dunn He was 73, 65 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Joe E. Brown He was 84, 81 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Tom Dugan He was 91, 71 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis She was 46, 64 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
| Wild Bill Elliott He was 70, 61 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Elias Disney He was 116, 82 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt He was 93, 63 years old when he died | as (archive footage) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt She was 90, 78 years old when she died | as (archive footage) |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Thomas as Editor. He was 26 (now 75) years old | Editing |
| David Puttnam as Producer. He was 34 (now 83) years old | Production |
| Philippe Mora as Director. He was 26 (now 75) years old | Directing |
| Philippe Mora as Writer. He was 26 (now 75) years old | Writing |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (49 years)
The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!
- Release day: Wednesday, August 06, 1975
- Runtime: 107 minutes