Eddie Cantor- When We Build A Little Home

[BusbyRocks1]

Lucille Ball is the tall blonde at 4:16 to Cantor's left and can be seen dancing at the end of the number.

[bluexxg]

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[mygreatlovenova]

I just llurvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee­eee this song. I love eddie

[mygreatlovenova]

I just love this song. I love eddie

[rulabean]

One of the most charming songs EVER!

[GMYellowstone]

This song is one of my favorites! It's nothing but...NICE!! They sure don't write songs like they used too!

[percyfurler]

You know, what I think I like about Eddie the most is his optimistic view of life. I've seen most of his films and, while his character is usually down on his luck, he knows things can only can get better. I know he has songwriters and dancers to help him. Don't we all - at least via YouTube ;-)

[colinwells4]

Yeah, my apartment went into foreclosure,i identify.

[yorugua97]

This song reminds me of when I was kid. We watched Roman Sandles! Funny movie!

[hemming57]

Sad that this great artist is largely forgotten today.

[jdsmyhero85]

@hemming57 Aint that the truth!

[JaGlRo]

Why don't we have this kind of spirit now!

[fishhead06]

@JaGlRo But it's a movie, not reality. It was made to make unhappy people in the Great Depression happy. Pure escapism, in other words, like whatever Pixar movie happens to be out right now.

[jdsmyhero85]

@fishhead06 Problem is, Pixar doesn't have the same affect...at all.

[thesagebrushkid]

I found the movie in DVD but seen it on cable years ago and fell in love with it. I really hope that there are more people my age that can appreciate these actors and movies.

They do not make movies like this anymore. Songs in movies were meant to get the audience to lift their spirits during hard times. Who does that these days?

[mbabist01]

@thesagebrushkid I found out about Cantor from my parents, who saw his movies during the Depression. Seems to be good enough for this depression as well.

[thesagebrushkid]

You got that right. Alot of movies during the 1900's Depression had music to uplift their spirits. The most famous was "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" Not many people know that today and think it's just a cute little tune.

[stlgtrace]

Notice the girl in the saddle shoes towards the end, that's Lucille Ball.

[mbabist01]

@stlgtrace I looked, and by golly, you're right! I knew Ball was a Goldwyn Girl, but I did not know where she was in this movie. Thank you for pointing it out.

[newrochellephoenix]

Its funny and sweet to think of the great lady that Lucy would be as a young girl in saddle shoes.

[jwlheart]

Yes, this was a great number and my favorite Eddie Cantor movie. The basic idea for the story was proposed by Cantor himself.

[fishhead06]

Wow, everyone in the 1930s was caucasian!

[hawaiitude]

Actually EC's films, which are not widely shown now because he did a lot of black face, were cutting edge in how integrated they were. Just look at a number like 'Keep Young and Beautiful' to see a early integrated dance number which portrays African American women as sex objects. Or look at "Strike Me Pink" where Ethel Merman's big number (with EC mooning over her) includes black men dancing opened chested. It's fabulous! It's gay! It was unheard of at the time.

[jdsmyhero85]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! In fact I just love the entire movie!!! SO amazing!!!!!

[mygreatlovenova]

I love this film so much. They sure don't make films like this anymore

[mygreatlovenova]

Thaknyou for sharing, I love this song.

[jdsmyhero85]

I love when the police-man starts dancing with them! That's SO cute!

[MissMinnieMousegirl]

Isn't it though? They tried to enforce the law, but everyone was having so much fun--why not? LOL!

[spudwas]

thanks...I'm hopeful.

[spudwas]

wow ..my house went into foreclosure..after that I eventually got evicted. Now I'm staying in a friends garage! I saw this movie years ago, boy...I never thought I'd identify with this song....sad.

[voglesque89]

i'm sorry to hear that! our country's going down the drain these days.... hope your luck changes...

[gardenalien]

Yes I agree, your country is going down the drain, WHY!! Thank Mr G W Bush, he has gone already, part of history. Now MR Obama has to pick up the pieces. Good Luck to him.

[1992Ignorance]

@spudwas Your luck will change, it did after the 1930's. The country will get though this, you will get though this. We just need people like Eddie cantor to keep us smiling.

[Corrie121]

This is fantastic! *****

Have added this one to my favourites.

Thank you for posting.

[joechristopher2]

A great movie with a great star, the one and only......Edward Arnold. Who is the Cantor guy anyway? ;>)

Joe Christopher

[voglesque89]

Really! That's awesome! Must be a cool kid.

[azusa1977]

I love Eddie so much I named my son after him.

[Hawkzblade]

Celloid Magic....

[fishhead06]

I suppose all but the youngest children are dead by now.  I find that sort of thing freaky.

[Georgewos]

Ruth Etting who was in this movie made a rcord of this song. There is a DJ named Rich Conaty who plays old records from the 20's and 30's and which emenates from Hofstra U on Long Island. It is on Sunday night at 8 on the lower 80's FM.

[thesagebrushkid]

I am glad there are people still out there keeping the oldies alive. And at Hofstra no less. Thats my home town growing up.

[Georgewos]

You're right about the Warner Bros musicals. Look up Joan Blondell or Busby Berkley and see the video Remember My Fogotten Man. By the same token do You think people living in tenements wanted to see movies showing musicals about that, they were more interested in the music and the dancing.

[QLudwig]

Monkey!

[voltape]

I cannot believe it - Was doing some late hour navigation before going to sleep when Eddie Cantor came to my mind - checked Roman Scandals in imdb and noticed he sang this song. It's one of my earlies memories of my childhood (I was born in 1935) and after more than 6 decades later I hear this song again!!

[serapidus]

OMG! Gloria Stuart in this clip is the old lady in the film 'Titanic'. She's fabulous in Shirley Temple films. Love the old films and stars

[cineaste2]

This was directed by the genius Busby Berkeley.

[stjn00]

I have to comment on this again. This scene is simply one of the greatest moments in american entertainment history. It has everything! It's not only a truly great tune performed by one of the best entertainers that ever lived. It has also very much heart, humour and timing.

[Georgewos]

This movie was made at the height of the depression. People went to the movies to escape from their everyday problems. Thats why those Warner Bros and RKO musicals were so popular.

[scotpens]

Actually, Warner Bros. musicals differed from those made by other studios in that many of them not only acknowledged the Depression, but made it a major factor in the plot. That was typical of the Warners' house style -- even their musicals were injected with a dose of social realism. Watching one of those elegant Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals made during the same period by RKO, you'd think everyone in the 1930s was independently wealthy and always fabulously dressed!

[voglesque89]

wow! Thank you for that insightful comment- I totally see what you mean!

[ND2525]

Great clip, but it's the usual New Deal collectivist propaganda, very anti-capitalist.

But I love Eddie!

[fishhead06]

Another reason to like it.

[Kind67]

This is Eddie Cantor at his best and, by the way, this would make a great theme song for Habitat for Humanity!

[stjn00]

This is so good it almost makes you cry. Dear Hollywood, please do some more movies like this!

[scotpens]

This picture has some fairly racy pre-Production Code stuff, including the famous naked-slave-girls-in-chains scene. Pretty kinky for 1933!

[arieseire]

This is my all time favorite Eddie Cantor clip on YouTube. I just love this song and the way Eddie performs it. I watch this clip several times a week and it always makes me smile...especially when the cops join in the dancing. I only wish that I had been the one to post this clip!

[chem100]

It's a doughnut. Wonderful clip. It cheers me up every time I watch it. Thanks for posting this.

[BelovedRogue]

Yeah on a careful look it is the same girl. I still think the movie is quite funny. How about when he goes back to anchient Rome, and the soldiers are going to kill him, and he says, "That wouldn't only be murder, it would be birth control?" Or the "one without the parsley is the one without the poison" bit that precluded Danny Kaye's vessel with the pessel bit in The Court Jester? Gotta love the sexy "nude" costumes on the Goldwyn Girls and the racy Ruth Etting slave girl number.

[neatoauctions]

>I still think the movie is funny.

Which part? The only laugh was the Emperor getting yanked off his chariot with a bullwhip.

>Or, "one without the parsley is the one without >the poison" bit that precluded Danny Kaye's vessel >with the pessel bit...

I never saw that Kaye piece. (I know you meant "predate" and not "Preclude.")

[BelovedRogue]

Are you sure she's the same one? the "Goldwyn Girls" were supposed to look very similar. One of them is Lucille Ball. Another is Paulette Goddard. This film (Roman Scandals) is absolutely hilarious ~ check eBay for a VHS copy.

[neatoauctions]

If it isn't the same girl, they hired her twin. The fem in question has fairly unique features, with a prominent, elongated nose. I enjoy the feature but the film is far from funny. A relative witnessed the screenplay when it debuted, and was shocked by the partial nudity -- with one girl shown topless. Arguably, the best part of the presentation is Cantor's performance of "Keep Young and Beautiful!" with the line "You'll drive him half insane, in a bathing suit of Cellophane!" ~ Oh that Eddie.

[neatoauctions]

Note: The girl who's taking a shower is also the one sitting at the sewing machine (nice touch, of the orchestra to add the extra violins for that sewing shot), and is also the woman at the table just to Cantor's right when he sits at the head of that table. QUESTION: Does any one know how they caused the vacuum cleaner to consume the sheet off the shapely jiggle-bottomed 1930's lass?

[neatoauctions]

Y'know, I thought perhaps the sheet was being yanked into the ground (stage?) by an attached cord in an attempt to lend the illusion that the vacuum gobbled it up. However, I can see the sheet actually does go into the vacuum cleaner. The mystery continues.

[voltape]

well, if they could make King Kong the same year...

[ascliff]

Great, never seen this before, but I loved the bagel bit as well!

[thewackingtons]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a doughnut.

[voglesque89]

(nobody cares)

[fishhead06]

I love it where he throws a bagel in the basket!

[bigsexyshaq]

Yes! Great job getting this number up!

[solarvegan]

Thank you! This had been on YouTube previously. But that one began with him using the vacuum; this one starts from the very beginning of the number. My wife and I adore this clip. We would love to see "Roman Scandals" in its entirety!

[solarvegan]

I am replying to my own comment to report that a year after I wrote this, we have seen "Roman Scandals" in its entirety because ... we bought the VHS tape!