Eddie Cantor- My Baby Just Cares For Me

From Whoopee, 1930.

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Film & Animation

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• Eddie
• Cantor
• two-strip
• technicolor
• whoopee

[fromthesidelines]

In 1930, 'Jack', movie musical numbers were recorded "live" on the soundstage they were filmed on; the technique for pre-recorded "lip-synching" hadn't been perfected yet.

[voglesque89]

....when did they perfect it?

[HartfordTommy]

one more reason we won't ever see this kind of talent again: there were no mics or amplification in the days of his youth and vocal training. Singers, all of them, had to to have projection power. Modern singers no longer need that kind of talent. They can't belt without sounding unnaturally forced. Of course, operatic singers can, some of them, still project, but they are not Eddie Cantors in comedic and facial talent. The face, the eyes, the moves, the timings: his trademarks forever.

[SirCyrano]

One of my favorite Cantor clips, and one of the few in which he isn't prancing around. He's in great voice, and I love that triumphant cat-who-swallowed-the-canary expression on his face. A wonderful wrap-up, funny, short and sweet.

[IndisputableAttitude]

What a nose. It's a number 6 nose, my teacher Mr. Birkmann told me how to identify an number 6 nose.

[swallin19]

@voglesque89 When Vitaphone was used post sync and dubbing was possible in 1929, but sound on film was more difficult, you had to record afterwards on more film, however it was done with all systems almost from the start of sound. Some directors liked to do it live, but it lead to "noises off" problems, the sound of dancing, clothes etc., meant dubbing became the norm.

[robcmoseley]

There are no limits to my admiration for this performer. The grin to camera at the end is just delightful - and seems to sum Eddie up. Bless!

[ReidWelch]

Thank you for this video. It is perfect.

Thank you so very much,

Reid

[peterjohndean]

@voglesque89 Not sure that it was the first, but "Love Me Tonight" (1932) uses the technique to perfection.

[HealingGaia]

Gorgeous... I love his facial expressions!

[jdsmyhero85]

"...Then I can feel good for nothing..." hahahahahaha! That's SO awesome!

[cant144]

Ethel Shutta played "Mary Custer" in Makin' Whoopee. She was a fine singer and dancer, and does a terrific turn in this move. . Perhaps, because it was taken direct from the Broadway stage, it has a verve and energy that few contemporary movies had. One terrific addition: the Busby Berkeley routines (although the Goldwyn Girls are kind of clunky. Some of Eddie Cantor's mannerisms seem peculiar today, but tastes change . Thanks for ; "My baby just cares for me" -- a truly great song.

[78timothy]

Herbert Kalmus. By the time that 2 Color technicolor reached it's zenith in 1934, Herbert divorced Natalie but she retained power to have screen credit as color cunsultatnt, ensuring her an income from the Divorce Settlement.The Goldwyn Negatives were the best preserved of the pre-code motion pictures. The Color dyes in the early Technicolor process, did not even fade. The film has the same brilliance now as it did in 1930, with great background by the females star's husband, George Olson