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The Eddie Cantor Story
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The Eddie Cantor Story 1953 Directed by Alfred E. Green

Big and Bright as Those Banjo Eyes!

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Music
Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date 25 December 1953
115 mins
Cast
Keefe Brasselle
Keefe Brasselle Eddie Cantor
Marilyn Erskine
Marilyn Erskine Ida Tobias Cantor
Aline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon Grandma Esther
Arthur Franz
Arthur Franz Harry Harris
Alex Gerry
Alex Gerry David Tobias
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt Rachel Tobias
Gerald Mohr
Gerald Mohr Rocky Kramer
William Forrest
William Forrest Florenz Ziegfeld
Jackie Barnett
Jackie Barnett Jimmy Durante
Richard Monda
Richard Monda Eddie (age 13)
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor Cleo Abbott
Ann Doran
Ann Doran Lillian Edwards
Hal March
Hal March Gus Edwards
Douglas Evans
Douglas Evans Leo Raymond
Susan Odin
Susan Odin Ida (age 11)
Will Rogers Jr.
Will Rogers Jr. Will Rogers
Owen Pritchard
Owen Pritchard Harry (as a boy)
James Flavin
James Flavin Kelly
Barbara Pepper
Barbara Pepper Beer Garden Patron
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor Himself (epilogue)
Ida Cantor
Ida Cantor Herself (epilogue)
Bobby Jordan
Bobby Jordan Customer
Nedrick Young
Nedrick Young Jack
Crew
Director
Alfred E. Green
Alfred E. Green
Writers
Ted Sherdeman
Ted Sherdeman
Jerome Weidman
Jerome Weidman
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky
Set Decoration
William Wallace
William Wallace
Additional Photography
Pat Clark
Pat Clark