Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (Blu-ray)

Brother Can You Spare A Dime? is writer / director Philippe Mora's (Mad Dog Morgan) chronicle of an unforgettable piece of American history - The Great Depression, in both it's bleak lows and it's artistic highs, is presented in this classic 1975 documentary. Featuring the grim reality that many Americans faced during the era, largely in the form of newsreel clips, the film also depicts how Hollywood dealt with this period of widespread poverty and unemployment. Much of the movie footage showcases glamour and extravagance, providing lively moments of escapism that contrast starkly with day-to-day life during the 1930s.

Starring: LaVerne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Brooks Benedict, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Irving Berlin, Willie Best, Herman Bing, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Fanny Brice, Joe E. Brown, James Burke, James Cagney, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor, Hobart Cavanaugh, George Chandler, Charles Chaplin, Spencer Charters, Winston Churchill, Mae Clarke, Betty Compson, Gary Cooper, Jackie Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Frankie Darro, William B. Davidson, Cecil B. DeMille, Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney, Marie Dressler, Tom Dugan, Margaret Dumont, James Dunn, Irene Dunne, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Cliff Edwards, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Elliott, Madge Evans, Alice Faye, Stepin Fetchit, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, Dick Foran, Gerald Ford, Preston Foster, Kay Francis, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Janet Gaynor, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Cary Grant, Woody Guthrie, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, George "Gabby" Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Bob Hope, William Hopper, Hubert H. Humphrey