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Biografia dell'artista Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor January 31 1892 - October 10 1964 Was An American Comedian Singer Actor Songwriter. Known To Broadway Radio And Early Television Audiences As Banjo Eyes This "Apostle Of Pep" Was Regarded Almost As A Family Member By Millions Because His Top-Rated Radio Shows Revealed Intimate Stories And Amusing Antics About His Wife Ida And Five Children. Early Life Cantor Was Born As Isidore Itzkowitz 1 In New York City The Son Of Russian Jewish Immigrants Meta And Mechel Itzkowitz. His Mother Died Of Lung Cancer Two Years After His Birth And He Was Abandoned By His Father Left To Be Raised By His Grandmother Esther Kantrowitz. A Misunderstanding When Signing Her Grandson For School Gave Him Her Last Name Of Kantrowitz Later Americanized To "Cantor" Instead Of Itzkowitz. He Adopted The First Name Eddie When He Met His Future Wife Ida Tobias In 1903 Because She Liked The Idea Of Having A Boyfriend Named Eddie. The Two Married In 1914 And Remained Together Until Ida Died In 1962. By His Early Teens. Cantor Began Winning Talent Contests At Local Theaters And Started Appearing On Stage. One Of His Earliest Paying Jobs Was Doubling As A Waiter And Performer Singing For Tips At Carey Walsh's Coney Island Saloon Where A Young Jimmy Durante Accompanied Him On Piano. In 1907 Cantor Became A Billed Name In Vaudeville. In 1912 He Was The Only Performer Over The Age Of 20 To Appear In Gus Edwards' Kid Kabaret Where He Created His First Blackface Character Jefferson. Critical Praise From That Show Got The Attention Of Broadway's Top Producer Florenz Ziegfeld Who Gave Cantor A Spot In The Ziegfeld Rooftop Post-Show Midnight Frolic 1916 . Broadway And Recordings A Year Later Cantor Made His Broadway Debut In The Ziegfeld Follies Of 1917. He Continued In The Ziegfeld Follies Until 1927 A Period Considered The Best Years Of The Long-Standing Revue. For Several Years Cantor Co-Starred In An Act With Pioneer African-American Comedian Bert Williams Both Appearing In Blackface Cantor Played Williams's Son. Other Co-Stars With Cantor During His Time In The Follies Included Will Rogers Marilyn Miller And W.C. Fields. He Moved On To Stardom In Book Musicals Starting With Kid Boots 1923 Whoopee! 1928 And Banjo Eyes 1940 . Cantor Began Making Phonograph Records In 1917 Recording Both Comedy Songs And Routines And Popular Songs Of The Day First For Victor Then For Aeoleon-Vocalion Pathé And Emerson. From 1921 Through 1925 He Had An Exclusive Contract With Columbia Records Returning To Victor For The Remainder Of The Decade. Cantor Was One Of The Era's Most Successful Entertainers But The 1929 Stock Market Crash Took Away His Multi-Millionaire Status And Left Him Deeply In Debt. However Cantor's Relentless Attention To His Own Earnings In Order To Avoid The Poverty He Knew Growing Up Caused Him To Search Quickly For More Work Quickly Building A New Bank Account With His Highly Popular Bestselling Book Of Humor And Cartoons About His Experience Caught Short! A Saga Of Wailing Wall Street In "1929 A.C. After Crash ". Films Cantor Also Bounced Back In Movies And On Radio. Cantor Had Previously Appeared In A Number Of Short Films And Two Features Special Delivery And Kid Boots In The 1920s But He Became A Leading Hollywood Star In 1930 With The Film Version Of Whoopee!. Over The Next Two Decades He Continued Making Films Until 1948 Including Roman Scandals 1933 Ali Baba Goes To Town 1937 And If You Knew Susie 1948 . Radio Cantor's Initial Radio Appearance Was With Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour On February 5 1931 And It Led To A Four-Week Tryout With NBC's The Chase And Sanborn Hour. Replacing Maurice Chevalier Who Was Returning To Paris Cantor Joined The Chase And Sanborn Hour On September 13 1931. This Hour-Long Sunday Evening Variety Series Teamed Cantor With Announcer Jimmy Wallingford And Violinist Dave Rubinoff. The Show Established Cantor As A Leading Comedian And His Scriptwriter David Freedman As “the Captain Of Comedy.” Soon Cantor Became The World's Highest Paid Radio Star. His Shows Began With A Crowd Chanting "We Want Cantor - We Want Cantor " A Phrase Said To Have Originated When A Vaudeville Audience Chanted To Chase Off An Opening Act On The Bill Before Cantor. Cantor's Theme Song Was The 1903 Pop Tune "Ida Sweet As Apple Cider " Dedicated To His Wife. Indicative Of His Impact On The Mass Audience He Agreed In November 1934 To Introduce A New Song By The Songwriters J. Fred Coots And Haven Gillespie That Other Well-Known Artists Had Rejected As Being "silly" And "childish." The Song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Immediately Had Orders For 100 000 Copies Of Sheet Music The Next Day. It Sold 400 000 Copies By Christmas Of That Year. In The 1940s His NBC National Radio Show Was Time To Smile. In Addition To Film And Radio Cantor Recorded For Hit Of The Week Records Then Again For Columbia For Banner And Decca And Various Small Labels. He Was A Founder Of The March Of Dimes And Did Much To Publicize The Battle Against Polio. Cantor Also Served As First President Of The Screen Actors Guild. His Heavy Political Involvement Began Early In His Career Including His Quick Rush To Strike With Actors Equity In 1919 Against The Advisement Of Father Figure And Producer Florenz Ziegfeld. Cantor's Career Declined Somewhat In The Late 1930s Due To His Public Denunciations Of Adolf Hitler And Fascism. Wishing To Distance Themselves From Any Political Controversy Many Sponsors Dropped Cantor's Shows. However It Soon Bounced Back With The United States' Entry Into World War II. Television In The 1950s He Was One Of The Alternating Hosts Of The Television Show The Colgate Comedy Hour In Which He Would Introduce Variety Acts And Play Comic Characters Like "Maxie The Taxi." However The Show Landed Cantor In An Unlikely Controversy When A Young Sammy Davis Jr. Appeared As A Guest Performer. Cantor Embraced Davis And Mopped Davis's Brow With His Handkerchief After His Performance. Worried Sponsors Led NBC To Threaten Cancellation Of The Show Other Sources Claim That NBC Threatened To Cancel The Show When Davis Was Booked For Two Weeks Straight. Cantor's Response To The Controversy Was To Book Davis For The Rest Of The Season. Books In Addition To Caught Short! Cantor Wrote Or Co-Wrote At Least Seven Other Books Including Booklets Released By The Then-Fledgling Firm Of Simon & Schuster With Cantor’s Name On The Cover. Some Were "as Told To" Or Written With David Freedman . Customers Paid A Dollar And Received The Booklet With A Penny Embedded In The Hardcover. They Sold Well And H. L. Mencken 1880-1956 Asserted That These Books Did More To Pull America Out Of The Great Depression Than All Government Measures Combined. Tributes Cantor Was Profiled On The Popular Program This Is Your Life In Which An Unsuspecting Person Usually A Celebrity Would Be Surprised On Live Television With A Half-Hour Tribute. Cantor Was The Only Subject Who Was Told Of The Surprise In Advance He Was Recovering From A Heart Attack And It Was Felt That The Shock Might Harm Him. In 1953 Warner Brothers In An Attempt To Duplicate The Box-Office Success Of The Jolson Story Filmed A Big-Budget Technicolor Feature Film The Eddie Cantor Story. The Film Found An Audience But Might Have Done Better With Someone Else In The Leading Role. Actor Keefe Brasselle Played Cantor As A Caricature With High-Pressure Dialogue And Bulging Eyes Wide Open At All Times The Fact That Brasselle Was Considerably Taller Than Cantor Didn't Lend Realism Either. Eddie And Ida Cantor Were Seen In A Brief Prologue And Epilogue Set In A Projection Room Where They Are Watching Brasselle In Action At The End Of The Film Eddie Tells Ida "I Never Looked Better In My Life" ... And Gives The Audience A Knowing Incredulous Look! Something Closer To The Real Eddie Cantor Story Is His Self-Produced 1944 Feature Show Business A Valentine To Vaudeville And Show Folks That Was RKO's Top-Grossing Film That Year. Probably The Best Summary Of Cantor's Career Is In One Of The Colgate Comedy Hour Shows. The Colgate Hour Was A Virtual Video Autobiography With Cantor Recounting His Career Singing His Familiar Hits And Re-Creating His Singing-Waiter Days With His Old Pal Jimmy Durante Jimmy's Wearing A Lavish Toupee! . This Show Has Been Issued On DVD As Eddie Cantor In Person. Family Eddie And Ida Cantor Had Five Children Marilyn Marjorie Natalie Edna And Janet. Cantor's Daughter Janet Gari Is A Songwriter Who Has Collaborated With Toby Garson The Daughter Of Composer Harry Ruby On Children's Shows And Off-Broadway Revues. Cantor’s Autobiographies My Life Is In Your Hands With David Freedman And Take My Life With Jane Kesner Ardmore Were Republished In 2000 Thanks To The Dedicated Efforts Of Cantor’s Grandson Musician Brian Gari. On October 10 1964 In Beverly Hills California Eddie Cantor Suffered Another Heart Attack And Died. He Is Buried In Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery. Cantor Was Awarded An Honorary Academy Award The Year Of His Death. Filmography * Widow At The Races 1913 * A Few Moments With Eddie Cantor 1923 DeForest Phonofilm Short With Sound * Kid Boots 1926 * Special Delivery 1927 * A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic 1929 Short * Glorifying The American Girl 1929 * That Party In Person 1928 Short * Insurance 1930 Short * Getting A Ticket 1930 Short * Whoopee! 1930 * Palmy Days 1931 * Talking Screen Snapshots 1932 Short * The Kid From Spain 1932 * Roman Scandals 1933 * The Hollywood Gad-About 1934 Short * Kid Millions 1934 * Strike Me Pink 1936 * Ali Baba Goes To Town 1937 * The March Of Time Volume IV Issue 5 1937 Short * Forty Little Mothers 1940 * Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 * Show Business 1944 Also Producer * Hollywood Canteen 1944 * Screen Snapshots Radio Shows 1945 Short * American Creed 1946 Short * Meet Mr. Mischief 1947 Short Appears On Poster * If You Knew Susie 1948 * Screen Snapshots Hollywood's Happy Homes 1949 Short * The Story Of Will Rogers 1952 * Screen Snapshots Memorial To Al Jolson 1952 Short * The Eddie Cantor Story 1953 Cameo Broadway * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1917 1917 - Revue - Performer * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1918 1918 - Revue - Performer Co-Composer And Co-Lyricist For "Broadway's Not A Bad Place After All" With Harry Ruby * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919 1919 - Revue - Performer Lyricist For " Oh! She's The Last Rose Of Summer" * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1920 1920 - Revue - Composer For "Green River" Composer And Lyricist For "Every Blossom I See Reminds Me Of You" And "I Found A Baby On My Door Step" * The Midnight Rounders Of 1920 1920 - Revue - Performer * Broadway Brevities Of 1920 1920 - Revue - Performer * Make It Snappy 1922 - Revue - Performer Co-Bookwriter * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1923 1923 - Revue - Sketch-Writer * Kid Boots 1923 - Musical - Actor In The Role Of "Kid Boots" The Caddie Master * Ziegfeld Follies Of 1927 1927 - Revue - Performer Co-Bookwriter * Whoopee! 1928 - Musical - Actor In The Role Of "Henry Williams" * Eddie Cantor At The Palace 1931 - Solo Performance * Banjo Eyes 1941 - Musical - Actor In The Role Of "Erwin Trowbridge" * Nellie Bly 1946 - Musical - Co-Producer Reference Goldman Herbert G. 1997 . Banjo Eyes Eddie Cantor And The Birth Of Modern Stardom. New York Oxford University Press. Listen To * The Chase And Sanborn Hour With Eddie Cantor Excerpts * Free OTR The Eddie Cantor Show 30 1936-52 Episodes * OTR Network Library The Eddie Cantor Show 11 1936-52 Episodes * Eddie Cantor On The Radio Four 1937-48 Episodes * A Few Moments With Eddie Cantor A 6-Minute Phonfilm From 1923 Featuring Eddie Cantor Telling Monologues And Singing Two Songs. Quote "Do You Know Why Henry Ford So Dislikes The Jewish People? They Can Get More For A Secondhand Ford Than He Can For A NEW One!" A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic 1929 Notes 1. ^ Http //www.Musicals101.Com/who2.Htm External Links Eddie Cantor At The Internet Movie Database Http //www.Imdb.Com/name/nm0134662/
Eddie Cantor Official Site Http //www.Eddiecantor.Com/
Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs The Eddie Cantor Show Http //www.Otrsite.Com/logs/loge1005.Htm
Broadway Cafe Society.Com The Entertainers Eddie Cantor Http //www.Broadwaycafesociety.Com/entarc0307.Htm

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