A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots'
Directed byLee De Forest
Produced byLee De Forest
StarringEddie Cantor
Release date
  • April 15, 1923 (1923-04-15)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor also known as A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of "Kid Boots" is an early sound film made in Lee De Forest's sound-on-film Phonofilm process[1] in late 1923[2] or early 1924[3] starring Eddie Cantor in an excerpt from the Broadway show Kid Boots. Some sources say the film premiered along with other De Forest phonofilms at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on April 15, 1923.[4] However, Kid Boots opened on Broadway somewhat later, on December 31, 1923.[5]

It contains two songs: "The Dumber They Are, the Better I Like 'Em," and "Oh, Gee, Georgie."[6] The rest of the recorded material would be considered standup comedy.[7] In all, the recording is nearly seven minutes long.[8][9]

The music was orchestrated by George Olsen.[10]

References

  1. ^ Nachman, Gerald (October 17, 2012). Raised on Radio. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-82894-1.
  2. ^ Bernard, Sheila Curran; Rabin, Kenn (April 28, 2020). Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-04699-1.
  3. ^ Merwin, Ted (2006). In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3809-9.
  4. ^ "A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (ca. 1923)". National Film Preservation Foundation. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ^ Mordden, Ethan (November 11, 2008). Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business. Macmillan. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-4299-5152-4.
  6. ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (June 14, 2015). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-4766-0684-2.
  7. ^ Buhler, James (2019). Theories of the Soundtrack. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-937107-5.
  8. ^ "A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  9. ^ De Forest, Lee (1923), A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots', Internet Archive, retrieved January 7, 2025
  10. ^ "George Olsen, 78, Bandleader Of the 20's and 30's, Is Dead". The New York Times. March 19, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 7, 2025.


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