Eddie Cantor

Author : David Weinstein
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781512601343

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The Eddie Cantor Story by David Weinstein Pdf

This absorbing biography chronicles the life and work of one of the most important entertainers of the twentieth century. Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) starred in theater, film, radio, and television. His immense popularity across a variety of media, his pride in his Jewish heritage, and his engagement with pressing political issues distinguished him from other headliners of his era. Paying equal attention to Cantor's humor and politics, Weinstein documents his significance as a performer, philanthropist, and activist. Many show business figures quietly shed their Jewish backgrounds or did not call attention to the fact that they were Jewish. Cantor was different. He addressed the vital issues of his times, including acculturation, national identity, and antisemitism. He was especially forceful in opposing Nazism and paid a price for this activism in 1939, when a sponsor cancelled the actor's radio program. In this carefully researched book, Weinstein uncovers sketches and routines filled with Jewish phrases, allusions, jokes, songs, and stories. Cantor frequently did not mark this material as "Jewish," relying instead on attentive audiences to interpret his coded performances. Illustrated with thirty photographs, The Eddie Cantor Story examines the evolution, impact, and legacy of Cantor's performance style. His music and comedy not only shaped the history of popular entertainment, but also provide a foundation for ongoing efforts to redefine Jewish culture and build community in contemporary America.

Author : Eddie Cantor
Publisher : Garden City, New York : Doubleday
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Actors
ISBN : UOM:39015008464086

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Take My Life by Eddie Cantor Pdf

A retelling, with additional material for the years since 1928, of the popular vaudeville, radio and TV comedian's life previously chronicled in "My life is in your hands."

Author : Herbert G. Goldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040060306

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Banjo Eyes by Herbert G. Goldman Pdf

Entertainer Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) shared the stage with the likes of W.C. Fields and Fanny Price, founded the March of Dimes, and was the only American entertainer to reign successively as the biggest star on Broadway, in the movies, and on radio. This biography recreates Cantor's extraordinary journey from New York's Lower East Side to the glorious era of Broadway and Hollywood in the 1930s. A few bandw photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Gregory Koseluk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015034251036

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Eddie Cantor by Gregory Koseluk Pdf

In an era dominated by the likes of W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy, no entertainer was more popular over a long period of time than Eddie Cantor. At various times he was the most celebrated performer on the vaudeville circuit, on Broadway, and in radio, television and film. Today many film historians ignore the contributions of Cantor. Unlike his contemporaries, he was never recognized for a comedic style. Instead he relied on his high energy performances to entertain audiences on their level. He tailored his career to give his fans what they wanted, and he was wildly successful at doing just that. This is a comprehensive look at the career of the consummate show businessman.

Author : Eddie Cantor,David Freeman,Jane Kesner Ardmore
Publisher : Cooper Square Publishers
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015049629887

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My Life is in Your Hands by Eddie Cantor,David Freeman,Jane Kesner Ardmore Pdf

One of America's best loved entertainers.

Author : James Fisher
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780313295560

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Eddie Cantor by James Fisher Pdf

Born Isidore Iskowitz in 1892, Eddie Cantor became one of the greatest entertainers of Depression-era America. The star of such films as Roman Scandals (1933) and Kid Millions (1934), he symbolized the ordinary person who falls into extraordinary circumstances. Off-screen or on, Cantor exuded a spirit of charity and hopefulness. His life was marked by numerous humanitarian achievements and a strong commitment to political and social causes. On October 29, 1995, as part of a nationwide celebration of the 75th anniversary of radio, he was posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communication. Despite his significant achievements and enormous popularity with his public, Eddie Cantor is today among the most overlooked performers of the golden age of American entertainment. This reference book provides detailed information on his extensive stage, film, radio, television, and musical work and includes an extensive bibliography. The volume begins with a carefully documented biography that discusses Cantor's upbringing, his rise as a vaudeville star, his social and political activism, and his success as a film, radio, and television personality. A chronology then highlights the most memorable achievements in his remarkable career. The chapters that follow are devoted to his stage, film, radio, and television work. Each chapter lists Cantor's performances in a particular medium and provides detailed material, such as cast and credit information, plot synopses, review excerpts, and a critical commentary. The volume also includes entries for his various recordings and for sheet music bearing his name or image. Appendices cite his newsreel appearances and cartoons featuring his likeness. An extensive bibliography of works by and about Cantor concludes the book.

Author : Russell Bogert Guérard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847994974

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Looking for Russell by Russell Bogert Guérard Pdf

This is the story of a Seed that floated around in the empty space of the timeless time of the Foreverness until it finally found its way into the belly of a female who brought unto light this restless soul destined to spend all of its earthly existence seeking the answer to the unanswerable question, that which cannot be known until first it is worthy of learning the prohibited things . . .

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006281021

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Eddie Cantor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1593936346

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My Life Is in Your Hands and Take My Life - the Autobiographies of Eddie Cantor by Eddie Cantor Pdf

Both autobiographies of one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century, Eddie Cantor.

Author : Scott Balcerzak
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814339664

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Buffoon Men by Scott Balcerzak Pdf

Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: He is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In Buffoon Men: Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity, Scott Balcerzak reads the performances of notable comedians such as W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello through humor and queer theory to expose a problematic history of maleness in their personas. He argues that contrary to popular notions of Classic Hollywood history, these male comedians rearranged or, at times, rejected heteronormative protocols. Balcerzak begins by defining the particular buffoonish masculinity portrayed by early film comedians, a gender and genre construct influenced by the cultural anxieties of the 1930s and '40s. In chapter 1, he considers the onscreen pairing of W. C. Fields and Mae West to identify a queered sexuality and drag persona in Fields's performance, while in chapter 2 he examines the two major constructions of Fields's film persona-the confidence man and the husband-to show Fields to be a conflicted and subversive figure. In chapter 3, Balcerzak considers the assimilation and influence of Eddie Cantor as a Jewish celebrity, while he turns to the cross-media influence of Jack Benny's radio persona in chapter 4. In Chapters 5 and 6, he moves beyond the individual performer to examine the complex masculine brotherhood of comedy duos Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. Buffoon Men shows that the complicated history of the male comedian during the early sound era has much to tell us about multimedia comedic stars today. Fans and scholars of film history, gender studies, and broadcast studies will appreciate Balcerzak's thorough exploration of the era's fascinating gender constructs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Radio
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102952165

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The Wireless Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ted Merwin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813538092

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In Their Own Image by Ted Merwin Pdf

The Jazz Age of the 1920s is an era remembered for illegal liquor, innovative music and dance styles, and burgeoning ideas of social equality. It was also the period during which second-generation Jews began to emerge as a significant demographic in New York City. In TheirOwn Image examines thegrowing cultural visibility of Jewish life amid this vibrant scene. From the vaudeville routines of Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, and Sophie Tucker, to the slew of Broadway comedies about Jewish life and the silent films that showed immigrant families struggling to leave the ghetto, images and representations of Jews became staples of interwar popular culture. Through the performing arts, Jews expressed highly ambivalent feelings about their identification with Jewish and American cultures. Ted Merwin shows how they became American by producing and consuming not images of another group, but images of themselves. As a result, they humanized Jewish stereotypes, softened anti-Semitic attitudes, and laid the groundwork for today's Jewish comedians. An entertaining look at the role popular culture plays in promoting the acculturation of an ethnic group, In Their Own Image enhances our understanding of American Jewish history and provides a model for the study of other groups and their integration into mainstream society.

Author : Aubrey J. Sher PH.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781483679099

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Those Great Old-Time Radio Years by Aubrey J. Sher PH.D. Pdf

Those Great Old-Time Radio Years takes the listener on a memorable ride from the invention of the radio into its nostalgic Golden Age when the author brings back memories of programs that developed a listeners power of imagination before television made its debut. The book is comprised of an Introduction and eleven chapters, each headed by a picture that aptly pertains to it. The eleven chapters cover the following subjects: (1) The Golden Age of Radio; (2) Adventure, Mystery, and Suspense; (3) Broadcasting: News, Sports, Gossip and Disc Jockeys; (4) Childrens Programs; (5) Comedy and Variety; (6) Music; (7) Quiz and Panel; (8) Sitcom; (9) Soap Opera; (10) Theater; and (11) Western.

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476605289

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Radio Programs, 1924Ð1984 by Vincent Terrace Pdf

This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. Entries include casts, character relationships, plots and storylines, announcers, musicians, producers, hosts, starting and ending dates of the programs, networks, running times, production information and, when appropriate, information on the radio show’s adaptation to television. Many hundreds of program openings and closings are included.

Author : A. Scott Berg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101497357

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Goldwyn by A. Scott Berg Pdf

Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era, and in this lavishly-praised biography, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Lindbergh and Max Perkins: Editor of Genius offers a life story as rich with drama as anything found on the silver screen...