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A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) -- This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.
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Overview

Date of Death:

10 October 1964, Beverly Hills, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Singer, songwriter ("Merrily We Roll Along"), comedian, author and actor... more

Trivia:

Brother-in-law of Nettie Tobias. more

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Awards:

4 wins more

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Don't blame me, I voted for Bill and Opus: 13 fake presidential bids
 (From The AV Club. 19 October 2008, 9:01 PM, PDT)

Filmography

Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Cinderella Man (2005) (performer: "Cheer Up, Smile, Nertz") 2005 $102M 8.0 (57,708)
- 2. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)   (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along") 2003 - 6.0 (7,726)
AKAs:
  • Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie (USA: DVD box title)
- 3. "Animaniacs" (1993)   (6 episodes, 1993-1997) 1997 - 8.3 (2,542)
AKAs:
  • Animaniacs (UK)
  • Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs (USA: complete title)
6 TV episodes: 1 episode not shown.
- 4. Space Jam (1996) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1996 $225M 5.5 (25,939)
- 5. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (performer: "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)") 1994 - 7.5 (14,172)
- 6. "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990)   (5 episodes, 1990-1991) 1991 - 8.0 (1,210)
AKAs:
  • Steven Spielberg Presents... Tiny Toon Adventures (USA: alternative title)
5 TV episodes:
- 7. Curly Sue (1991) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1991 - 4.9 (5,626)
- 8. Rover Dangerfield (1991) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1991 - 5.8 (864)
- 9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG") 1990 - 6.0 (20,677)
- 10. Men Don't Leave (1990) (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG") 1990 - 6.5 (1,347)
- 11. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Now's the Time to Fall in Love") 1975 - 7.4 (144)
- 12. Blazing Saddles (1974)   (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1974 - 7.8 (42,797)
AKAs:
  • Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles or Never Give a Saga an Even Break (USA: poster title)
- 13. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You") (performer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You") 1967 - 8.1 (36,788)
- 14. "The Eddie Fisher Show" (1957)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
1 TV episode:
  • Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) (performer: "About a Quarter to Nine" (uncredited), "The Anniversary Song" (uncredited), "April Showers" (uncredited), "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (uncredited), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (uncredited), "Swanee" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited), "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" (uncredited))
- 15. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You" (uncredited)) 1953 - 5.7 (69)
- 16. If You Knew Susie (1948) (performer: "If You Knew Susie" (1925), "What Do I Want with Money" (1948), "My, How the Time Goes By" (1948), "Sextette" (1835) (uncredited)) 1948 - 6.3 (74)
- 17. Big Time Revue (1946) (writer: "I'll Have Vanilla" (uncredited)) 1946 - -
- 18. Hollywood Canteen (1944) (performer: "We're Having a Baby") 1944 - 7.1 (607)
- 19. Show Business (1944) (performer: "The Curse of an Aching Heart", "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", "Dinah", "Sextette", "Makin' Whoopee", "I Don't Want to Get Well", "Alabamy Bound") 1944 - 6.9 (79)
- 20. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) (performer: "We're Staying Home Tonight", "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" (uncredited)) 1943 - 7.3 (482)
- 21. 40 Little Mothers (1940) (performer: "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" (uncredited)) ("Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" (uncredited)) 1940 - 6.3 (81)
- 22. The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1939 - 6.6 (35)
- 23. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) (performer: "Laugh Your Way Through Life" (1937) (uncredited), "Swing Is Here to Sway" (1937) (uncredited), "Vote for Honest Abe" (1937) (uncredited)) ("Pennies from Heaven" (1936) (uncredited), "Dinah" (1925) (uncredited)) 1937 - 7.9 (276)
- 24. Strike Me Pink (1936) (performer: "First You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)" (1935) (uncredited), "The Lady Dances" (1935) (uncredited), "Calabash Pipe" (1935) (uncredited)) 1936 - 7.0 (143)
- 25. Billboard Frolics (1935) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1935 - 5.9 (60)
- 26. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1935 - 6.0 (135)
- 27. Kid Millions (1934) (performer: "When My Ship Comes In", "Mandy", "Okay, Toots", "Let My People Go", "Ice Cream Fantasy") 1934 - 7.4 (221)
- 28. Roman Scandals (1933) (performer: "Build a Little Home", "Keep Young and Beautiful", "Put a Tax on Love", "All of Me", "Dinah", "Kickin' the Gong Around") ("Build a Little Home") 1933 - 7.2 (263)
- 29. The Kid from Spain (1932) (performer: "In the Moonlight" (1932) (uncredited), "Look What You've Done" (1932) (uncredited), "What a Perfect Combination" (1932) (uncredited), "La Paloma") ("What a Perfect Combination" (1932) (uncredited)) 1932 - 7.5 (256)
- 30. Palmy Days (1931) (music: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited)) (performer: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited), "Yes, Yes (My Baby Said Yes, Yes)" (1931) (uncredited)) ("Yes, Yes (My Baby Said Yes, Yes)" (1931) (uncredited), "Falling in Love Again" (1930) (uncredited), "Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929) (uncredited), "The Wedding March" (1843) (uncredited)) 1931 - 8.0 (287)
- 31. Whoopee! (1930) (performer: "Makin' Whoopee" (1928) (uncredited), "A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine" (1930) (uncredited), "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (1930) (uncredited)) ("Makin' Waffles" (1930) (uncredited), "Ol' Man River" (1927) (uncredited)) 1930 - 8.0 (558)
- 32. Insurance (1930) (writer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses") (performer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses") 1930 - 7.1 (18)
- 33. Getting a Ticket (1930) (performer: "My Wife Is on a Diet") 1930 - 7.2 (21)
- 34. A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) (performer: "I Faw Down an' Go Boom", "If I Give Up the Saxophone", "Eddie Cantor's Automobile Horn Song") 1929 - 6.1 (9)
- 35. Finding His Voice (1929) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along") 1929 - 6.2 (65)
- 36. A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) (music: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923)) (lyrics: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923)) (performer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923), "Oh, Gee, Georgie!") 1923 - 7.0 (51)
Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Matinee Theatre" (1955)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.2 (12)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Playhouse 90" (1956)   Morris Sizeman (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.5 (67)
1 TV episode:
- 3. If You Knew Susie (1948) Sam Parker 1948 - 6.3 (74)
- 4. Meet Mr. Mischief (1947) (uncredited) Face on Station Program Poster 1947 - -
- 5. American Creed (1946) 1946 - 6.3 (31)
- 6. Show Business (1944) Eddie Martin 1944 - 6.9 (79)
- 7. 40 Little Mothers (1940) Gilbert Jordan Thompson 1940 - 6.3 (81)
- 8. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) Ali Baba 1937 - 7.9 (276)
- 9. Strike Me Pink (1936) Eddie Pink 1936 - 7.0 (143)
- 10. Kid Millions (1934) Eddie Wilson Jr. 1934 - 7.4 (221)
- 11. Roman Scandals (1933) Eddie aka Oedipus 1933 - 7.2 (263)
- 12. The Kid from Spain (1932) Eddie Williams 1932 - 7.5 (256)
- 13. Palmy Days (1931) Eddie Simpson 1931 - 8.0 (287)
- 14. Whoopee! (1930) Henry Williams 1930 - 8.0 (558)
- 15. Insurance (1930) Sidney B. Zwieback 1930 - 7.1 (18)
- 16. That Party in Person (1929) 1929 - -
- 17. Special Delivery (1927) Eddie, The Mail Carrier 1927 - 6.7 (14)
- 18. Kid Boots (1926) Samuel (Kid) Boots 1926 - 6.7 (36)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)   (writer) 1945 - 6.6 (968)
AKAs:
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title)
- 2. Palmy Days (1931) (story and dialogue) 1931 - 8.0 (287)
- 3. Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931) (writer) 1931 - -
- 4. Caught Short (1930) (book "Caught Short") 1930 - -
- 5. Special Delivery (1927) (story) 1927 - 6.7 (14)
Producer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. If You Knew Susie (1948) (producer) 1948 - 6.3 (74)
- 2. Show Business (1944) (producer) 1944 - 6.9 (79)
Music Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (singing voice: Keefe Brasselle) 1953 - 5.7 (69)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Startime" (1959)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.2 (29)
AKAs:
  • Ford Startime
  • Lincoln-Mercury Startime
1 TV episode:
- 2. "House Party" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.0 (24)
AKAs:
  • Art Linkletter's House Party (USA: complete title)
  • The Linkletter Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 3. "Sunday Showcase" (1959)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 6.0 (15)
AKAs:
  • Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
  • NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- 4. "You Asked for It" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 6.3 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "The Eddie Fisher Show" (1957)   Himself (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
1 TV episode:
- 6. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Mystery Guest (2 episodes, 1952-1957) 1957 - 8.9 (268)
2 TV episodes:
- 7. "Playhouse 90" (1956)   Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.5 (67)
1 TV episode:
- 8. "Person to Person" (1953)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.8 (28)
1 TV episode:
- 9. "Climax!" (1954)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.8 (40)
AKAs:
  • Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "The Milton Berle Show" (1948)   Himself (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.3 (19)
AKAs:
  • Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
  • The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 11. "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" (1955)   Himself / 4 characters not shown (19 episodes, 1955) 1955 - 8.0 (5)
19 TV episodes: 14 episodes not shown.
- 12. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself (2 episodes, 1952-1955) 1955 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
2 TV episodes:
- 13. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   Himself - Host / 4 characters not shown (44 episodes, 1950-1954) 1954 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
44 TV episodes: 39 episodes not shown.
- 14. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (uncredited) Himself as audience member 1953 - 5.7 (69)
- 15. "This Is Your Life" (1952)   Himself (2 episodes, 1953) 1953 - 7.0 (41)
2 TV episodes:
- 16. "The Jack Benny Program" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 8.8 (192)
AKAs:
  • The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
  • The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 17. Be What You Want (1953) (TV) Himself 1953 - -
- 18. Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952) Himself 1952 - -
- 19. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) Himself, Eddie Cantor 1952 - 6.7 (79)
- 20. "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" (1951)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
1 TV episode:
- 21. "Four Star Revue" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
AKAs:
  • All Star Revue (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 22. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes (1949) Himself 1949 - -
- 23. Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (1948) Himself - Speaker 1948 - -
- 24. The Friendship Train (1948) Himself 1948 - 5.7 (25)
- 25. Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows (1945) Himself - The Eddie Cantor Program 1945 - -
- 26. Hollywood Canteen (1944) Himself 1944 - 7.1 (607)
- 27. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) Himself/Joe Simpson 1943 - 7.3 (482)
- 28. Show Business at War (1943)   (uncredited) Himself 1943 - 8.2 (130)
AKAs:
  • The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10
- 29. The March of Time Volume IV, Issue 5 (1937) Himself 1937 - -
- 30. Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (1936) Himself 1936 - -
- 31. The Hollywood Gad-About (1934) Himself 1934 - -
- 32. Screen Snapshots (1932/II) Himself 1932 - 6.4 (7)
- 33. Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 3 (1930) Himself 1930 - -
- 34. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930) Himself, at Premiere 1930 - -
- 35. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930) Himself 1930 - -
- 36. Getting a Ticket (1930) Himself, Eddie Cantor 1930 - 7.2 (21)
- 37. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) Himself (Revue Scenes) 1929 - 7.2 (340)
- 38. A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) Himself 1929 - 6.1 (9)
- 39. A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) Himself 1923 - 7.0 (51)
- 40. The Starland Review (1922) Himself 1922 - -
- 1. From Shtetl to Swing (2005) (TV) Himself
- 2. "Broadway: The American Musical"  
1 TV episode:
- 3. "Biography"  
3 TV episodes:
- 4. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV) Himself
- 5. "American Masters"  
1 TV episode:
- 6. Entertaining the Troops (1994) Himself
- 7. Legends of Comedy (1992) (TV)
- 8. The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) Himself (with Shirley Temple)
- 9. The Great Standups (1984) (TV) Himself
- 10. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
- 11. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) Himself
- 12. "The DuPont Show of the Week"  
2 TV episodes:
- 13. Minstrel Days (1941) Himself: edited from 'Roman Scandals'
- 14. The Great American Broadcast (1941) (uncredited) Himself - Opening Montage

Additional Details

Other Works:

Stage, vaudeville, burlesque, radio, television actor, and screenwriter. Active on Broadway in the following productions: more

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies | 13 Portrayals | 7 Print Biographies more

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Family | Drama more


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