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The Eddie Cantor Story
The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story

Big and Bright as Those Banjo Eyes!

Genres

MusicDrama

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

25 December 1953

Country

United States of America

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

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