Glorifying the American Girl 1929  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John W. Harkrider, Millard Webb
Cast: Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Gloria Shea, Dan Healy, Kaye Renard, Sarah Edwards, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Noah Beery, Irving Berlin
Department store employee Gloria Hughes (Mary Eaton) is in love with fellow worker Buddy Moore (Edward Crandall), but she aspires to perform in vaudeville. One day, Danny Miller (Dan Healy) spots Gloria, they become dance partners, and gain stardom. But, in the process, Gloria leaves Buddy behind. Will Gloria find true happiness without Buddy?
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Hollywood Canteen 1944  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Theodore von Eltz, Eddie Marr, Many Guest Stars
Cpl. Ed "Slim" Green (Robert Hutton), a soldier on sick leave during World War II, visits the famous U.S.O. Hollywood Canteen founded by Bette Davis (Herself) and John Garfield (Himself). Slim gets a kiss from Joan Leslie (Herself) who is the woman of his dreams. He returns to the Canteen and, this time, wins a date with Joan when he is named the Canteen's millionth visitor. Does romance lie ahead?
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The Kid from Spain 1932  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Robert Young, Ruth Hall, John Miljan, Stanley Fields, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, J. Carrol Naish, Noah Beery, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Paul Porcasi, Sidney Franklin, Jane Wyman, Julian Rivero
In this musical spectacle, Eddie Cantor plays young Eddie Williams who has been kicked out of college, along with his friend Ricardo (Robert Young), for sneaking into the girls' dormitory. Eddie joins Ricardo on a trip to Mexico but, while getting money for the trip, finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery. They flee to Mexico where Ricardo introduces Eddie as a great matador Don Sebastian II, and this attracts Rosalie (Lyda Roberti) who is anxious to see Eddie fight the bulls.
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Kid Millions 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman, George Murphy, Warren Hymer, Paul Harvey, Edgar Kennedy, Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Stanley Fields, Berton Churchill, Jesse Block, Eve Sully, Otto Hoffman, Jack Kennedy
After inheriting $77 million, young Eddie (Eddie Cantor) leaves Brooklyn and goes to Egypt to claim his inheritance. Con artist Dot (Ethel Merman) schemes to get Eddie's money as do others–including Sheik Mulhulla (Paul Harvey) who is ready to kill anyone who claims the treasure. Then, Princess Fanya (Eve Sully) wants to marry Eddie, and his problems increase. Songs include "When My Ship Comes In," "Ice Cream Fantasy," "Your Head on My Shoulder," "An Earful of Music," "I Want to Be a Minstrel Man," and "Mandy."
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Palmy Days 1931 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Spencer Charters, Barbara Weeks, George Raft, Charles Middleton, Walter Catlett, Betty Grable, Harry Woods, Paul Page
Eddie Simpson (Eddie Cantor) unwittingly becomes involved in a spiritualism scam and becomes mixed up in numerous offbeat episodes in this elaborate early musical comedy.
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The Story of Will Rogers 1952 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller, James Gleason, Slim Pickens, Noah Beery Jr., Mary Wickes, Eddie Cantor, Steve Brodie, Pinky Tomlin, Margaret Field, Frank Bank, Monte Blue, Don Brodie
Will Rogers Jr. plays his witty, politically astute father in this film biography of the famous entertainer's life.
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Strike Me Pink 1936 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Brian Donlevy, Jack La Rue, Harry Parke, Helen Lowell, Gordon Jones, Edward Brophy, Sunnie O'Dea, Dona Drake, Sid Fields, Don Brodie, Charles McAvoy
In this Eddie Cantor entry, he plays mild-mannered tailor Eddie Pink who becomes involved with the Mob when he takes on the job of manager of an amusement park.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Dinah Shore, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Dennis Morgan, S.Z. Sakall, Joan Leslie, Ann Sheridan, Hattie McDaniel, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Carson
Movie star Eddie Cantor (Himself) steps in as chairman of the Cavalcade of Stars benefit show and creates so many problems that the producers (S.Z Sakall and Edward Everett Horton) arrange to have him kidnapped. They plan to replace him with his look-a-like, talented bus driver Joe Simpson (also Eddie Cantor), who has been looking for work as an actor but can't get a job because he looks so much like Cantor. Simpson proves to be a hit and is signed to a film contract.
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| 1. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
2. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
3. The Kid from Spain (1932)
4. Kid Millions (1934)
5. Palmy Days (1931)
6. Roman Scandals (1933)
7. The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
8. Strike Me Pink (1936)
9. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
10. Whoopee! (1930)
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