The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story

115 mins | Drama, Music | Dec. 25, 1953

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

The Eddie Cantor Story

115 mins | Drama, Music | Dec. 25, 1953

The Eddie Cantor Story
Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Eddie Cantor Story
Directors Alfred E. Green
Writers Sidney Skolsky, Jerome Weidman, Ted Sherdeman

Cast

Keefe Brasselle

as Eddie Cantor

Marilyn Erskine

as Ida Tobias Cantor

Aline MacMahon

as Grandma Esther

Arthur Franz

as Harry Harris

Alex Gerry

as David Tobias

Greta Granstedt

as Rachel Tobias

Gerald Mohr

as Rocky Kramer

William Forrest

as Florenz Ziegfeld

Jackie Barnett

as Jimmy Durante

Richard Monda

as Eddie (age 13)

Marie Windsor

as Cleo Abbott

Ann Doran

as Lillian Edwards

Hal March

as Gus Edwards

Douglas Evans

as Leo Raymond

Susan Odin

as Ida (age 11)

Will Rogers Jr.

as Will Rogers

Owen Pritchard

as Harry (as a boy)

James Flavin

as Kelly

Barbara Pepper

as Beer Garden Patron

Eddie Cantor

as Himself (epilogue)

Ida Cantor

as Herself (epilogue)

Bobby Jordan

as Customer (uncredited)