Eddie Cantor

The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, John Huston, Laurence Olivier and others.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show.

Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.

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

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers

In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.

In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.

Капрал Слим Грин, влюбленный в актрису Джоан Лесли, во время отпуска после ранения попадает в изумрудную сказку под названием «Голливудская Столовая» — место, где недосягаемые Звезды Голливуда спускаются с Небес на Землю и общаются с простыми американскими солдатами. Там он встречается со своим кумиром и осуществляет заветную мечту — поцеловать Джоан. На другой день ему везет еще больше — он становится миллионным посетителем «Столовой», а приз — вечер с любой голливудской актрисой. Он, конечно же, выбирает Джоан. При этом мисс Лесли оказывается никакой не недоступной Звездой, а обычной девушкой, проникающейся симпатией к парню. Их романтические отношения сопровождаются музыкальными выступлениями в «Столовой» Звезд экрана той эпохи.

Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

The Warner Bros. annual blooper reel for 1944.

Почти все звезды Голливуда играют в этом фильме-ревю самих себя, и только трое из них являются исполнителями с вымышленными именами. Вокруг них и разворачивается действие картины. Продюсер Барни Джексон желает заполучить в свой новый проект звезду шоу Эдди Кантора — Дайану Шер. Но он прекрасно знает, что Эдди не отпустит ее одну — обязательно попросит, чтобы и он участвовал в проекте…

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.

Голливудский киноактер Эл Бэбсон, снимающийся в фильме по мотивам арабских сказок, принимает болеутоляющее и просыпается в какой-то средневековой арабской стране. Там его принимают за сына Али-Бабы. Султан тут же назначает Эла своим главным министром, и путешественник во времени приступает к кардинальным преобразованиям. Разумеется, он наживает себе немало врагов среди лиц, приближенных к султану. Чтобы избежать неминуемой гибели, Элу пришлось воспользоваться ковром-самолетом...

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.

Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of chess. The scene is from an early 1934 episode of Columbia Pictures' Screen Snapshots, a series of short films featuring the off-screen lives of Hollywood stars.

Эдди, неудачник из района «Западный Рим», изгнан за границы города по распоряжению мэра и «почетного гражданина города» — банкира Уоррена Купера за то, что путался под ногами и мешал планам банкира по постройке городской тюрьмы на месте бедных кварталов. Выпровоженный за городскую границу, Эдди бредет под палящим солнцем и вскоре засыпает… Во сне он попадает в настоящий Рим, где царят такие же порядки и взяткодательство, как и в современном «Западном Риме».

Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") with Eddie Cantor as an assistant to a phoney psychic, who is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rub the payroll.

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") with Eddie Cantor as an assistant to a phoney psychic, who is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rub the payroll.

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.

Eddie Cantor does a Vaudeville doctor routine.

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.

Eddie Cantor tries to fix a speeding ticket.

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.

A simple filmed performance featuring Cantor, done up in his stage minstrel makeup, allegedly at the Ziegfeld Theatre Roof Garden, but actually filmed on a soundstage at the Paramount Astoria studio.

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.

Однажды после вечеринки Том Стерлинг обнаруживает себя женатым на хористке Кармен Мендосе. Он спешит расторгнуть этот брак и в ожидании развода неожиданно получает 3 миллиона долларов в наследство. Кармен требует половину суммы в качестве отступных. Адвокат советует Тому нанять своего случайного знакомого, помощника портного по прозвищу Малыш Бутс, которому Том недавно помог отбиться от рассерженного клиента, чтобы тот в свою очередь помог ему без потерь избавиться от Кармен.

Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor.