A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
About A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor, billed as the star of the Broadway show Kid Boots, does a stretch of stage patter and two songs, "The Dumber They Are, the Better I Like 'Em" and "Oh, Gee, Georgie." George Olsen orchestrated the music. The recording runs nearly seven minutes.
Cast & crew
More about A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
Lee de Forest recorded Cantor with the Phonofilm sound-on-film process in late 1923 or early 1924. Some sources put a Rivoli Theater premiere in New York, with other Phonofilms, on 15 April 1923. Kid Boots opened on Broadway on 31 December 1923, after that date.
Themes
Technique
The picture is a Phonofilm, Lee de Forest's sound-on-film system, not a disc.
Music
George Olsen orchestrated the two songs, "The Dumber They Are, the Better I Like 'Em" and "Oh, Gee, Georgie."
Notes
- The fuller title used on some copies is A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of "Kid Boots".
- The material between the songs is standup rather than a sketched plot.
- A transcript of the short is on Wikisource.
Scenes
- Cantor sings "Oh, Gee, Georgie" to the camera.
Influenced by
- Kid Boots
Also available
- Internet Archive (eddie_cantor_1923)
