The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written byJerome Weidman
Ted Sherdeman
Sidney Skolsky
Produced bySidney Skolsky
StarringKeefe Brasselle
Marilyn Erskine
Aline MacMahon
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byRay Heindorf
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 25 December 1953 (1953-12-25) (NYC)
  • 20 January 1954 (1954-01-20) (US)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.3 million (US)[1]

The Eddie Cantor Story is a 1953 American musical drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine and Aline MacMahon. It is a biopic based on the life of Eddie Cantor featuring Brasselle as Cantor. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.[2] Cantor himself appeared briefly in the film in a cameo role.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955
  2. ^ "The Eddie Cantor Story", New York Times, December 26, 1953 accessed July 6, 2012