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Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 experimental feature color film written, produced, and directed by surrealist artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter. The film was produced by Kenneth Macpherson and Peggy Guggenheim. Collaborators included Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Darius Milhaud and Fernand Léger. The film won the Award for the Best Original Contribution to the Progress of Cinematography at the 1947 Venice Film Festival.
Original Release
09/01/1947
US Release
09/01/1947
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Bittner | Narcissus / Joe |
| Libby Holman | |
| Josh White | |
| Norma Cazanjian | (as Norman Cazanjian) |
| Doris Okerson | |
| John La Touche | The Gangster |
| Herb Campbell | A man - hands |
| Ethel Beseda | Mrs. A. |
| Samuel Cohen | Mr. A |
| Max Ernst | Le President |
Directors
Writers
Hans Richter, David Vern, Hans Rehfisch, Joseph Freeman, Man Ray
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Bittner | Narcissus / Joe |
| Libby Holman | |
| Josh White | |
| Norma Cazanjian | (as Norman Cazanjian) |
| Doris Okerson | |
| John La Touche | The Gangster |
| Herb Campbell | A man - hands |
| Ethel Beseda | Mrs. A. |
| Samuel Cohen | Mr. A |
| Max Ernst | Le President |
| Jo Fontaine-Maison | The girl |
| Bernard Friend | Policeman |
| Bernard Graves | The male voice |
| Anthony Laterie | The blind man |
| Julien Levy | The man |
| Arthur Seymour | The man |
| Ruth Sobotka | The girl |
| Valerie Tite | The girl 'who wants to sign him up' |
| Stanley Kubrick | Theatre extra (Uncredited) |
| Dorothy Griffith | The Girl |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Hans Richter | Producer |
| Kenneth Macpherson | Producer |
