Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

August. 06,1975 PG

Rating：

7.1

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Great Depression

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Laverne Andrews as Self (archive footage)

Maxene Andrews as Self (archive footage)

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)

Constance Bennett as Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny as Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley as Self (archive footage)

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