Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 48 years old

The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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)
Groucho Marx He was 84, 86 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr She was 60, 85 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck She was 68, 82 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Loretta Young She was 62, 87 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)
Alice Faye She was 60, 83 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Margaret Dumont She was 92, 82 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman He was 91, 88 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Janet Gaynor She was 68, 77 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Paul Muni He was 79, 71 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Constance Bennett She was 70, 60 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Dick Powell He was 70, 58 years old when he died as (archive footage)
James Burke He was 88, 81 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)
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)
Brooks Benedict He was 79, 71 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Fanny Brice She was 83, 59 years old when she died as (archive footage)
W.C. Fields He was 95, 66 years old when he 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)
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)
Fayard Nicholas He was 60, 91 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Spencer Charters He was 100, 67 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Max Schmeling He was 69, 99 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Winston Churchill He was 100, 90 years old when he died as (archive footage)
George Gershwin He was 76, 38 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas He was 54, 79 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Pat Nixon She was 63, 81 years old when she died as (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover He was 80, 77 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower He was 84, 78 years old when he died as (archive footage)
James Dunn He was 73, 65 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Willie Best He was 59, 45 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Kate Smith She was 68, 79 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie He was 63, 55 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Joe E. Brown He was 84, 81 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Chico Marx He was 88, 74 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Billie Holiday She was 60, 44 years old when she died as (archive footage)
Tom Dugan He was 91, 71 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Dewey Robinson He was 76, 52 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)
Elias Disney He was 116, 82 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Wild Bill Elliott He was 70, 61 years old when he died as (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis She was 46, 64 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 74) 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? poster
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (48 years)

The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!

  • Release day: Wednesday, August 06, 1975
  • Runtime: 107 minutes