Eddie Cantor in 1923 | 2 vaudeville songs

Early sound film of comedian Eddie Cantor.
Cantor went on to become the highest paid comedian of the 1930s, making several hit movies for Samuel Goldwyn (Whoopee, Palmy Days, Roman Scandals, The Kid from Spain, Kid Millions, Strike Me Pink) but was primarily a radio comedian. Today largely forgotten, unlike the Marx Brothers or Buster Keaton, but one of the biggest names in comedy in his day.

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Music

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• Eddie
• Cantor
• vaudeville
• comedy
• song

[tuxguys]

I'm stunned. They had the technology in '23, and they didn't really use it commercially until '28? Unbelievable.

[KidMillions]

tuxguy, there were successful experiments with sound from the very beginning, in Germany as early as 1905. Edison in 1913. But if the projectionist would crank the film at slightly the wrong speed the voices sounded very weird of course (a girl would open her mouth and sound like a man) and audiences would boo these "talking pictures", while nickelodeon pictures with music became very popular...

[TheVelvetUnderdog]

1923? I could have sworn this was 1926 when Warner Bros were experimenting with the Vitaphone system. I could be wrong though, the dates regarding sound invention are quite muddled considering the mutt like fashion that it eventually came to fruition. De Forest, Movietone, Edison and all that malarky.

[KidMillions]

It's a DeForest film and the story is that it was first shown at the opening of the Rivoli Theater in NYC in April of 1923. But it's probably being confused with other phonofilms, since 1924 is much more likely: the songs were registered in early 1924 and "Kid Boots" started on Broadway in December 1923. (opening title card is cut but says "Eddie Cantor: Star of Kid Boots")

[Crosis2814]

Play me off Johnny...

[kevnet100]

This is an experimental film using Lee De Forest's Phonofilm process. This short was shown at the Rivoli Theater in New York City in April 1923. It the two songs: "The Dumber They Are, the Better I Like 'Em," and "Oh, Gee, Georgie" are probably from the revue Kid Boots.

There were patent issues with Phonofilm so the RCA Vitaphone process eclipsed it for the 1927 feature film The Jazz Singer, the rest they say is history!

[sixela25sexy]

lol these lyrics are funny. i didnt know they talked like that back then

[MrsNatari]

Mr. Awesome, would you play something for Eddie?

[thedelta88]

guys got some moves

[MrBRREEETTTT]

Lol Boardwalk Empire. This exact song is in first or second episode.

[aleksandraWTC]

gratz to the uploader for uploading this in 2007 when almost no one knew about him! and YES,I'm here because of Boardwalk Empire.

[tpaladino]

@facecheek 90 years? Dane Cook looks like a faggot right now.

[facecheek]

@MrDukemeister that was a male comedian, dude.

...in ninety years dane cook will look like a faggot.

[Diaredd59]

@aconite2b Edison did a talkie in color in 1900. It took over 20 years to perfect the technology and to get Hollywood to accept the change-

[MrDukemeister]

Was Edie Cantor gay or did all men act like that in teh 1920s?

[aconite2b]

How can this be 1923 when talkies were invented in 1927?