Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · LeviOsa

Loading movie…

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · LeviOsa

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? key art

1975·PG

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

DocumentaryHistory1h 47m

🍅57%

🍅

57%

Tomatometer

🍿

57%

Popcornmeter

6.3

TMDB

Storyline

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Trailers

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? trailer thumbnail

Official Trailer

Details

DirectorPhilippe Mora

ReleasedAug 6, 1975

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guidePGUS

Studios

Goodtimes EnterprisesVPS Studios

Cast

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Self (archive footage)

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict

Self (archive footage)

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

Self (archive footage)

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

Self (archive footage)

Willie Best

Willie Best

Self (archive footage)

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Artiflix

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

3 fresh · 2 rotten

G

Gene Siskel

RTChicago TribuneSep 26, 2025

The songs and clips are entertaining.

R

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJul 10, 2018

There are songs and production numbers from the great 1930s musicals and newsreel footage of the rioting strikers at Ford, and animated sequences, and Will Rogers kidding FDR and Rudy Vallee singing the title song. But to what purpose?

S

Sun-Herald Staff

RTThe Sun-Herald (Australia)Nov 22, 2025

A fascinating montage.

E

Emerson Batdorff

RTCleveland Plain DealerSep 26, 2025

A grabbing movie.

You Might Also Like

Seabiscuit

Painting with Light

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

The Money Masters

Videosyncracy

FDR: A Presidency Revealed

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

A Brief History of Gay and Lesbian Cinema

These were the reasons

King of the Hill

Remember the Alamo

Recommended for you

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

My Mom Jayne

Sidney

The Last Waltz

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

John Candy: I Like Me

Supersonic

Whitney

Being James Bond

GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Information

Title

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Released

Aug 6, 1975

Rated

PG

Region of Origin

United Kingdom

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Status

Released

Studios

Goodtimes Enterprises, VPS Studios

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction