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Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy

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An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

01 September 1947

Country

United States of America

Cast

Jack Bittner

Jack Bittner

Joe / Narcissus

Dorothy Griffith

Dorothy Griffith

Libby Holman

Libby Holman

Josh White

Josh White

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Theatre Extra

Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Le President

Norma Cazanjian

Norma Cazanjian

Doris Okerson

Doris Okerson

John La Touche

John La Touche

The Gangster

Ethel Beseda

Ethel Beseda

Mrs. A.

Samuel Cohen

Samuel Cohen

Mr. A.

Jo Fontaine-Maison

Jo Fontaine-Maison

Herb Campbell

Herb Campbell

The man

Bernard Friend

Bernard Friend

Policeman

Evelyn Hausman

Evelyn Hausman

Julie Lary

Julie Lary

Anthony Laterie

Anthony Laterie

The blind man

Jo Mitchell

Jo Mitchell

Ray Pippitt

Ray Pippitt

Miriam Raeburn

Miriam Raeburn

Arthur Seymour

Arthur Seymour

Ruth Subotka

Ruth Subotka

Valerie Tite

Valerie Tite

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