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Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy

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Overview

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.

Directed by Hans Richter
Written by Hans Richter, John Latouche, Richard Hulbeck
Produced by Hans Richter
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Top Cast

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Jack Bittner

Joe / Narcissus

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Dorothy Griffith

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Libby Holman

J

Josh White

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Theatre Extra

M

Max Ernst

Le President

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Norma Cazanjian

D

Doris Okerson

J

John La Touche

The Gangster

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Ethel Beseda

Mrs. A.

Themes & Keywords

dreamssurrealism

About Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy is a drama, fantasy film released in 1947 exploring themes of dreams, surrealism. Directed by Hans Richter, it stars Jack Bittner, Dorothy Griffith, Libby Holman. 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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