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Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964), born Edward Israel Iskowitz, was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee," "Ida," "If You Knew Susie," "Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me," "Margie" and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along," the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme.
His eye-rolling song-and-dance routines eventually led to his nickname, "Banjo Eyes." In 1933, the artist Frederick J. Garner caricatured Cantor with large round eyes resembling the drum-like pot of a banjo. Cantor's eyes became his trademark, often exaggerated in illustrations, and leading to his appearance on Broadway in the musical Banjo Eyes (1941).
Actors: Veronica Cartwright (actress), Dey Young (actress), Dan O'Herlihy (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Barbara Niven (actress), Deborah Kara Unger (actress), Phil Hawn (actor), Mark Adler (actor), Joe Mantegna (actor), Ray Liotta (actor), John Diehl (actor), Angus Macfadyen (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Mark Adler (composer), Neal H. Moritz (producer),
Plot: In the 1950's and 1960's Frank Sinatra was the head of the infamous "Rat Pack". He, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop worked and played together. This film dramatizes their volatile relationships with each other and the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe, mobster Sam Giancano, Judith Cambell and the FBI. Sinatra helps John Kennedy get elected in 1960 with a little help from Giancano. Lawford, married to a Kennedy, is an unhappy go-between. Davis is fighting racism and insecurity. Cambell is sleeping with both Giancano and JFK who is also sleeping with Monroe.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, actor, brother, entertainer, fbi, friendship, interracial, interracial-relationship, italian-americanActors: Barry Brooks (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), William Forrest (actor), Paul Birch (actor), Arthur Franz (actor), James Flavin (actor), John Anderson (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), James Conaty (actor), James Craven (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Don Dillaway (actor), Alex Gerry (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Tom Dugan (actor), James Conaty (actor), Steve Brodie (actor), Jimmie Dodd (actor), Marshall Bradford (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), Monte Blue (actor), David Butler (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Don Brodie (actor), John Close (actor), William Forrest (actor),
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama,Actors: Treg Brown (editor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Robert McKimson (director), Richard Bickenbach (actor),
Plot: The Disassociated Press wants Bugs Bunny's life story. Got a pencil? "First," says Bugs, "I was born." He quickly learns he is different from the other children: he's a "rabbit in a human world." He grows up to accept repetitive chorus boy jobs in such Broadway revues as "Girl of the Golden Vest," "Wearing of the Grin" and "Rosie's Cheeks." His career hits the skids and he's living on a park bench before he's discovered by that great vaudeville star, Elmer Fudd. Their dual comedy act is a hit, which leads to film roles. Will Bugs Bunny ever have to look back?
Keywords: cartoon-rabbit, celebrity-caricature, hollywood, hungarian-rhapsody-by-liszt, looney-tunes, reference-to-bugs-bunny, reference-to-elmer-fudd, showbiz, surrealism, title-spoken-by-characterActors: Jonathan Hale (actor), Paul Henreid (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Richard Erdman (actor), Alan Hale (actor), Victor Francen (actor), John Garfield (actor), James Flavin (actor), Dane Clark (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Jack Benny (actor), John Dehner (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Robert Hutton (actor),
Plot: Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. He meets her later at the Farmer's Market. On the third night, Slim is the millionth man into the Canteen, earning him a date with Joan. Slim thinks he's been duped when she doesn't show up at his train. Slim's buddy Sergant dances with Joan Crawford. Canteen President Bette Davis praises the canteen and the war effort. Virtually everyone Warners could spare entertains.
Keywords: dancing-horse, hollywood, hollywood-sign, hollywoodland, horse, kiss, obsessed-fan, purple-heart, shore-leave, soldierActors: Eddie Cantor (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Harry A. Bailey (actor), David Butler (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Willie Best (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Don Barclay (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Benny Bartlett (actor), James Burke (actor), Stanley Clements (actor),
Plot: Two producers are putting together a Calvacade of Stars for a wartime charity show. Along with a list of well-knowns they promote the work of an unknown singer and songwriter.
Keywords: agent, all-star-show, aspiring-singer, autograph, barber, bartender, bellboy, bogus-reporter, boxer, charity-eventActors: Wilfred Jackson (director), Clarence Nash (actor), Walt Disney (producer), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor),
Plot: Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting Charlie McCarthy; Simple Simon and the Pieman are Laurel and Hardy.
Keywords: 1930s, animal-in-title, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, blackface, cartoon-duck, celebrity, celebrity-caricature, character-name-in-title, chefActors: James Conaty (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Wally Albright (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Tommy Bupp (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Robert Greig (actor), Mickey Daniels (actor), Jay Eaton (actor), Ray Bolger (actor), James Conaty (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Herman Bing (actor), William Demarest (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Joseph Cawthorn (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Raymond Brown (actor), Clay Clement (actor), Bert Hanlon (actor),
Plot: At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but it's not easy being married to the man who "glorified the American girl." Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but...
Keywords: 1890s, 1893-columbian-exposition, 1910s, 1920s, 19th-century, 20th-century, accountant, actress, alcoholism, ariaActors: Richard Dix (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Joseph Santley (director), Mary Eaton (actress), Eddie Elkins (actor), Eddie Elkins (actor), Oscar Shaw (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know her
Show her to me
Dinah got those Dixie eyes blazing
How I love to sit and gazing
To the eyes of Dinah Lee
Every night why do I shake with pride?
'Cause my Dinah might
Change her mind about me
Oh, Dinah
Should you wander to China?
I would hop an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee
Oh, Dinah
Should you wander to China?
I would hop an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee
Every night why do I shake with pride?
'Cause my Dinah might
Change her mind about me
The name of this song is Dinah
Said it
The name of this song is Dinah
Snag it
The name of this song is Dinah
Ah, tell it
The name of this song is Dinah
Dinah, wander to China
The state of Carolina
Listen and you know her
I would like to have you show her to me
Dinah got those Dixie eyes blazing'
How I love to sit and gazing'
To the eyes of Dinah Lee
Oh, Dinah
Should you wander to China
I would get me an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee