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Originally Posted by urgeok2

i think movies were a huge influence the further back you go ..
especially Bogart's time, fairbanks, etc...

Music was just on records or the radio - you didnt see how they dressed or what they said (it was mostly big band)

but the movies then - were a huge influence .. especially when it came to smoking..

You asked when it switched to a black thing, so I was answering that.

Brother can you spare a dime? was a popular phrase in the 1930s, spread by popular songs, due to extreme poverty and unemployment.