Brother, can you spare a dime? / Visual Programme Systems Ltd.

This documentary juxtaposes newsreel footage, film clips and period music in an eye-opening look at the Great Depression. Many of the movies created in the 1930s featured strong social commentary, while others offered pure escapism and fed a fascination with a dazzling world out of reach to the ever...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Marx Brothers
Dimension Pictures
Visual Programme Systems Ltd
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Mora, Philippe, 1949-
Lieberson, Sandy
Puttnam, David, 1941-
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977
Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
Rooney, Mickey
Cagney, James, 1899-1986
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967
Raft, George
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
Dietrich, Marlene
Language:English
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 1999.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
United States > History > 1919-1933.
United States > History > 1933-1945.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
Economic history > 1918-1945.
Historical films.
Documentary films.
History.
1918 - 1945
Depressions.
Economic history.
United States.
Genre:
Historical films.
Documentary films.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
This documentary juxtaposes newsreel footage, film clips and period music in an eye-opening look at the Great Depression. Many of the movies created in the 1930s featured strong social commentary, while others offered pure escapism and fed a fascination with a dazzling world out of reach to the everyday American. Through a contrast between the fantasy of film and the reality of everyday life, a fascinating perspective on the Great Depression and Hollywood's golden age is presented. Also includes political speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt and others.
Note:Released in 1975 as a motion picture by Dimension Pictures.
Videorecording.
Call Number:9W9 D0000918 VideoDVD
Credits:Producers, Sandy Lieberson, David Puttnam ; writer/director, Philippe Mora.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Excerpts of performances: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Marx Bros., James Cagney, Cary Grant, Vivien Leigh, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich.