Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
99 min
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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Louis Applebaum, Paul Bowles, John Cage
Where to watch
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Cast
- Jack Bittner as Joe
- Libby Holman
- Stanley Kubrick as Theatre Extra
- Max Ernst as Le President
- Jack Bittner as Narcissus
- Josh White
- Norma Cazanjian
- Doris Okerson
- John La Touche as The Gangster
- Herb Campbell as A man - hands
- Ethel Beseda as Mrs. A.
- Samuel Cohen as Mr. A
Crew
- Hans Richter · Director
- Hans Richter · Writer
- David Vern · Writer
- Hans Rehfisch · Writer
- Joseph Freeman · Writer
- Louis Applebaum · Composer
- Paul Bowles · Composer
- John Cage · Composer
- David Diamond · Composer
- Werner Brandes · Cinematographer
- Arnold Eagle · Cinematographer
- Peter Glushanok · Cinematographer
- Meyer Rosenblum · Cinematographer