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Brother, can you spare a dime? /

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
Corporate Authors: Marx Brothers, Goodtimes Enterprises, Visual Programme Systems Ltd, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Mora, Philippe, 1949-, 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
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: ©1999
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.
Documentary films.
Motion pictures, British.

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