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11. Sept. 1975 · Brother Can You Spare a Dime: Directed by Philippe Mora. With Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire. A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips to portray the era of the Great Depression.
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? („Bruder, kannst du einen Dime entbehren?“) ist ein US-amerikanischer Song aus dem Jahr 1932. Er thematisiert die Zeit der Great Depression aus der Sicht eines bettelnden Mannes.
Music, movies, family, and government aid helped people get through this dark period. The Great Depression, though, dragged on for more than ten years. For many Americans, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” became an anthem for that decade of hardship.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? PG 1975 1h 46m Documentary List Reviews 57% Audience Score 250+ Ratings The Great Depression, in both its bleak lows and its artistic highs, is presented in...
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The notion behind another new Depression film, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was a good one: Why not put together a feature-length montage of the central images of the Depression? And so here they are, from King Kong to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but somehow the movie never quite knows what to do with them.
