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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, [4] consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips [5] 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.
In 1975 and newly married, Mora wrote and directed, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, [1] [27] [28] a documentary about the 1930s Depression consisting of a series of film clips from newsreels and photographs, Hollywood films reflecting historical events, and those about making movies as well as outtakes, trailers, and home movies.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Visual Programme Systems Ltd. / Dimension Pictures: Philippe Mora (director/screenplay); The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Willie Best, Humphrey Bogart, George Burns, James Cagney, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor, Hobart Cavanaugh, George Chandler: The Manchu Eagle Murder ...
The Revue include "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" Walk A Little Faster (1932) - lyricist; Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934) - primary lyricist (for about half of the numbers) Life Begins at 8:40 (1934) - co-lyricist with Ira Gershwin; The Show is On (1936) - featured lyricist; Blue Holiday (1945) - all-Black cast - contributing composer and lyricist
The mother and brother of the sisters (who wish to remain anonymous) purchased the coin in 1978 for $18,200. The coin sat in a bank vault for over 40 years until it was inherited by the sisters ...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Philippe Mora: Newsreel footage of various personages of the 1930s: Documentary: Carry On Behind: Gerald Thomas: Kenneth Williams, Elke Sommer: Comedy: Conduct Unbecoming: Michael Anderson: Michael York, Richard Attenborough: Drama: Confessions of a Pop Performer: Norman Cohen: Robin Askwith, Antony Booth: Sex ...