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[citation needed] 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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