The Eddie Cantor Story

19531953
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1h 55m

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Eddie Cantor and his wife Ida arrive at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, for a private screening of The Eddie Cantor Story . Just before the film rolls, Cantor whispers, "Ida, I'... Read allEddie Cantor and his wife Ida arrive at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, for a private screening of The Eddie Cantor Story . Just before the film rolls, Cantor whispers, "Ida, I've never been so nervous in all my life." The story begins on New York's East Side in 1904... Read allEddie Cantor and his wife Ida arrive at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, for a private screening of The Eddie Cantor Story . Just before the film rolls, Cantor whispers, "Ida, I've never been so nervous in all my life." The story begins on New York's East Side in 1904. Thirteen-year-old Eddie, eager to be accepted by neighborhood hoodlum Rocky Kramer, ente... Read all

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Director
- Alfred E. Green
Writers
- Jerome Weidman(screen play by)
- Ted Sherdeman(screen play by)
- Sidney Skolsky(screen play by)
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Trivia
After attending the premiere of this film, Eddie Cantor said, "If that was my life, I didn't live."

Goofs
The film has someone calling him "Eddie" when he was 13. Cantor, whose real name was Israel Iskovitz, didn't change his name to Eddie Cantor until he was 21.

Quotes
Eddie Cantor: The stock market crashed. Everything is gone. Everything worked for, all of the sudden the bottom falls out of everything, down the drain. Just don't understand it, all these years of work, now everything's gone.

Connections
Referenced in Crazy Love (2007)

Soundtracks
If You Knew Susie
(uncredited)
Music by Joseph Meyer
Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
Played during the opening credits and sung by Eddie in the Ziegfeld Follies

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5/10

Strained, with a Couple Good Musical Interludes

Wildly popular in his lifetime, entertainer Eddie Cantor is difficult to understand by today's standards, and Keefe Brasselle's portrayal of Cantor offers little insight into this legendary comedian with the bug eyes. Hearing some of the songs he made famous helps a little, as they are a lot of fun: "If You Knew Susie," "Ida Sweet as Apple Cider," "Oh, You Beautiful Doll," and Makin' Whoopee." ---from Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013

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