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Eddie Cantor

Statuetta dell'OscarOscar Honorary 1956
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Eddie Cantor , pseudonym of Edward Israel Itzkowitz (New York, January 31, 1892 – Beverly Hills, 10 October 1964) was an American comedian, actor and screenwriter.

He was star of the radio and the first TV.

Cantor in the film The Museum of Scandals (1933)

Son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Cantor remained an orphan of his mother, who died of cancer. Abandoned by his father, the child was raised by his grandmother Esther Kantrowitz, from whom, for an incomprehension when enrolling in school, he took the surname, then Americanized in “Cantor”. He adopted the name “Eddie” in 1903 following the meeting with Ida Tobias, who then became his wife, and whose desire was to have a boyfriend named Eddie.

He began to sing in a saloon at Coney Island in a very young age. In 1907 he officially made his debut in the theater, and in 1916 he was scripted by the great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Between the ten and twenty Cantor became a Broadway star, thanks to his sparkling qualities of Entertainer. His theatrical successes include famous pieces like Kid Boots (1923) and Whoopee! (1928).

Starting from 1930, with its interpretation of Whoopee! , version for the screen of its theatrical success, Cantor also obtained great consensus as a film comedian, appearing in a series of successful musical comedies, such as The king of the arena (1932) and The Museum of Scandals (1933). At the same time, together with the announcer Jimmy Wallingford and the violinist Dave Rubinoff, he undertook the conduct of the successful radio program The Chase and Sanborn Hour , broadcast from 13 September 1931. The public loved him, so much so that in 1934, when Cantor recorded the Christmas song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town , in one day the disc sold 100 000 copies.

In the 1940s Eddie Cantor continued to work in the theater and on the radio, and was also one of the first great personalities of the show to work on television. His appearance on the show The Colgate Comedy Hour In 1950, he had so successful that he participated for four years, as a comedian and entertainer.

Awarded in 1956 with a career Oscar, Eddie Cantor died in 1964 due to a heart attack, at the age of seventy -two years. He is buried at the Hillside Memorial Park, Jewish cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles, California.

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Cinema [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • The irresistible ( Kid Boots ), directed by Frank Tuttle (1926)
  • The postman ( Special Delivery ), Directed by Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle (1927)
  • That Party in Person , directed by Mort Blumenstock – short film (1929)
  • Whoopee ( Whoopee! ) Directed by Thornton Freeland (1930)
  • The king of chiomners ( Palmy Days ) Directed by A. Edward Sutherland (1931)
  • The king of the arena ( The Kid from Spain ) Directed by Leo Mcccay (1933)
  • The Museum of Scandals ( Roman Scandals ), directed by Frank Tuttle (1933)
  • The Treasury of the Faraoni ( Kid Millions ) Directed by Roy del Ruth (1934)
  • Rabbit or lion? ( Strike Me Pink ) Directed by Norman Taurog (1936)
  • Ali Babà goes to the city ( Ali Baba Goes to Town ) Directed by David Butler (1937)
  • Forty Little Mothers , Regia on Busby Berkeley (1940)
  • Variety ( Show Business ), directed by Edwin L. Marin (1943)
  • I kissed a star ( Hollywood Canteen ), Regia di Delmer Daves (1944)
  • Everyone knows Susanna ( If You Knew Susie ) Directed by Gordon Douglas (1948)
  • The Story of Will Rogers , directed by Michael Curtiz (1952)
  • The Eddie Cantor Story , directed by Alfred E. Green (1953)

Television [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 , directed by Ned Wayburn (New Amsterdam Theater, 12 June 1917)
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 , Regia Di Ned Wayburn (New Amsterdam Theatre, 18 Giugno 1918 Con Marilyn Miller, W. C. Fields, Doris Eaton E nita naldi)
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper and Harry Tierney (New Amsterdam Theater, June 16, 1919 with Miller and Billie wherecon)
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 (New Amsterdam Theater, June 22, 1920)
  • Broadway Brevities of 1920 of Archie Gottler
  • Make It Snappy by Jean Schwartz (Broadway, April 13, 1922 with J. Harold Murray)
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 di Victor Herbert, Louis Hirsch e Dave Stamper (New Amsterdam Theatre, 25 giugno 1923 con Fanny Brice, Ann Pennington, James J. Corbett, Paul Whiteman, Lina Basquette e Dolores Costello)
  • The protagonist in Kid Boots by Harry Tierney (Broadway, 31 December 1923 with Mary Eaton)
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 (Broadway, August 16, 1927-7 January 1928)
  • Kid Boots (Broadway, 31 December 1923-21 February 1925)
  • Henry Williams in Whoopee! (New Amsterdam Theater, December 4, 1928)
  • Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book 1929 by Yip Harburg (Earl Carroll Theater in New York, 1 July 1929)
  • Erwin Trowbridge in Banjo Eyes by Vernon Duke (Broadway, December 25, 1941 with Lionel Stander)
  • ( IN ) Ray Stuart Immortals of the Screen , Bonanza Books, New York 1965

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