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.
Philippe Mora
Director, Writer

Laverne Andrews
Self (archive footage)

Maxene Andrews
Self (archive footage)

Patty Andrews
Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)

Warner Baxter
Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery
Self (archive footage)

Brooks Benedict
Self (archive footage)

Constance Bennett
Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny
Self (archive footage)
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
The Last Waltz76%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
WHAM!73%
Whitney73%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Being James Bond77%
The Atomic Cafe73%
9/11: Inside the President's War Room68%
Cameraperson67%
Thriller 4086%
Best of Enemies71%
The Class of ‘9271%
The September Issue65%
Sidney70%
Maria by Callas73%
Zeitgeist: The Movie69%
Salinger63%
American Teen63%
Koyaanisqatsi78%