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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. [6] [7]
The song is about a man who has sought the American dream, but was foiled by the Great Depression.He is the universal everyman who holds various professions, being a farmer and a construction worker as well as a veteran of World War I: it is intended to embrace all listeners.
On the album cover, the song was renamed The Golddiggers' Song: We're In The Money. [5] For the photos on the album's cover, Connie Francis and an unnamed production assistant of MGM Records [6] dressed up in fashionable 1930s style and reenacted the famous photo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow posing with guns in front of a Ford Model B of 1932.
The pair's most famous song was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," based on a lullaby that Gorney learned as a child in Russia. It first appeared in the 1932 Shubert production of New Americana and became the anthem of the Great Depression.
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.
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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 ...
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