The Eddie Cantor Story

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

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)

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