Eddie Cantor (1892 - 1964)

American comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter.

* January 31, 1892 New York City, New York, USA
 as Edward Israel Iskowitz
 October 10, 1964 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, November 1929
Photoplay, January 1930
Photoplay, July 1930

Photoplay, July 1930
Photoplay, October 1930
Photoplay, October 1930

Photoplay, October 1930
Photoplay, November 1930
Photoplay, December 1930


Books by Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor
My Life Is in Your Hands
New York, 1928

Eddie Cantor with Jane Kesner Ardmore
Take My Life
Garden City, N.Y., 1957

Eddie Cantor
The Way I See It
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1959

Eddie Cantor
As I Remember Them
New York, 1963

Eddie Cantor and David Freedman
Yoo-Hoo Prosperity, Caught Short
New York, 1969

Books on Eddie Cantor

James Fisher Eddie Cantor James Fisher
Eddie Cantor, A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1997

Books with substantial mentioning of Eddie Cantor

Michelle Vogel
Children of Hollywood, Accounts of growing up as the sons and daughters of stars
Jefferson, N.C., 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on Eddie Cantor

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Films

1926
Kid Boots

1927
Special Delivery

1929
That Party in Person
Glorifying the American Girl

1930
Getting a Ticket
Whoopee!

1931
Palmy Days
Mr. Lemon of Orange

1932
The Kid from Spain

1933
Roman Scandals

1934
Kid Millions

1936
Strike Me Pink

1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town

1941
The Great American Broadcast

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Show-Business at War

1944
Hollywood Canteen
Show Business

1945
Ziegfeld Follies

1952
The Story of Will Rogers

1953
The Eddie Cantor Story

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

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