Movie Documentary
The lean, mean 30's, when America laughed… to keep from crying!
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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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 Eddie Cantor Hobart Cavanaugh George Chandler Charlie 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 John Dillinger 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 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 Walter Huston Lyndon B. Johnson Al Jolson Boris Karloff Ruby Keeler Jacqueline Kennedy John F. Kennedy Fiorello LaGuardia Hedy Lamarr Stan Laurel Gypsy Rose Lee Vivien Leigh Carole Lombard Joe Louis Myrna Loy Bela Lugosi Douglas MacArthur Jeanette MacDonald Fredric March Chico Marx Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Ethel Merman Grant Mitchell Paul Muni Harold Nicholas Fayard Nicholas Pat Nixon Richard Nixon Jesse Owens Dick Powell Eleanor Powell William Powell Tyrone Power George Raft Paul Robeson Dewey Robinson Edward G. Robinson Ginger Rogers Will Rogers Mickey Rooney Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt James Roosevelt Cliff Saum Max Schmeling Kate Smith Barbara Stanwyck James Stewart Shirley Temple Spencer Tracy Harry S. Truman Rudy Vallee Ethel Waters John Wayne Johnny Weissmüller Orson Welles Mae West Harlow Wilcox Walter Winchell Fay Wray Loretta Young Tammany Young
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