Directed by:
Philippe MoraCast:
Marlene Dietrich, Benny Goodman, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Irving Berlin, Herman Bing (more)Plots(1)
A documentary on the 1930's with contemporary newsreels, Hollywood clips and an assortment of depression era film shorts. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Betty Compson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272487_279b2b.jpg)
Betty Compson
USA
Best movies:
The Docks of New York (1928)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
![Gary Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/978/161978231_317dfa.png)
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Wings (1927)
![Jackie Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272334_418994.jpg)
Jackie Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
![Joan Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337552_1af6aa.png)
Joan Crawford
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sudden Fear (1952)
![Bing Crosby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349837_802348.png)
Bing Crosby
USA
Best movies:
The Country Girl (1954)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
![Frankie Darro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496941_b7920d.jpg)
Frankie Darro
USA
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Westward the Women (1951)
![Cecil B. DeMille](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269783_fbe48f.jpg)
Cecil B. DeMille
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Walt Disney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/642/165642422_36cbce.jpg)
Walt Disney
USA
Best movies:
Fantasia (1940)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
![Marie Dressler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/891/162891219_f2b1d6.png)
Marie Dressler
Canada
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Tom Dugan
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Dave (1993)
![Margaret Dumont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275441_a2bf6d.jpg)
Margaret Dumont
USA
Best movies:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
![James Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349842_c62cd8.png)
James Dunn
USA
Best movies:
![Irene Dunne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267971_ec7ab0.jpg)
Irene Dunne
USA
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
![Jimmy Durante](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319129_0bbd26.jpg)
Jimmy Durante
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
![Nelson Eddy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/518/165518718_e8a7bb.jpg)
Nelson Eddy
USA
Best movies:
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Rose-Marie (1936)
Dancing Lady (1933)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950023_6fbf33.jpg)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
USA
Best movies:
Un pont trop loin (1977) - a.f.
Die Hard 4 (2007) - a.f.
Velikij polkovoděc Georgij Žukov (1995) - a.f.
![Madge Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676665_e94609.jpg)
Madge Evans
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
David Copperfield (1935)
![Alice Faye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267976_d69219.jpg)
Alice Faye
USA
Best movies:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Fallen Angel (1945)
In Old Chicago (1937)
![Stepin Fetchit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505284_1606ee.jpg)
Stepin Fetchit
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Bend of the River (1952)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
![W.C. Fields](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267977_5a6c0b.jpg)
W.C. Fields
USA
Best movies:
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
David Copperfield (1935)
Follow the Boys (1944)