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Highly Enjoyable
Eddie Cantor was a popular entertainer from the beginning of the 20th century. He grew up in the slums of New York, finding himself in trouble with the local gangs, though at heart he was always a good boy (Richard Monda). Fearful that her son might grow up the wrong way, his grandmother (Aline MacMahon) lets him go on the stage with Gus Edwards (Hal March). He (Keefe Brasselle) grows up to be quite the attention hog, but always a good hearted man. Slowly, his fame rises, but with each new set of hands to applaude, Cantor becomes even more restless in the pursuit of fame, even at the expense of his wife (Marilyn Erskine), children, and health. <
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>There are many other famous names peppered throughout the film including Florenz Ziegfeld, Will Rogers and Jimmy Durante. <
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>There are also several problems with the film. Brasselle's performance is sometimes a bit too exaggerated, making Old Banjo Eyes seem a bit too feminine and silly. The selected music is very good, but like that recorded for The Jolson Story which inspired this film, it was recorded when Cantor was much older. It actually suffers a bit in this instance; it is less upbeat and energized. Finally, the film completely ignores Cantor's career in films, a major part of his life and the reason his legacy has been preserved. <
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>Cantor makes a small appearance at the end of the film, obviously an aged man, but still with those expressive eyes. It serves as a bit of a bow to his public.

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little truth to the story and vocals are by an aging Cantor
If you want to see what the real Eddie Cantor was like in his prime, watch Palmy Days or Roman Scandals, both made in the early 1930s. Even though the vocals in this biopic were recorded by Eddie, he was older and in poor health and did not sing as well as when he was younger. Sadly, the movie does not tell about Cantor's humanitarian nature: his verbal attack on the character of anti-semitic Father Coughlin in 1939 that put an end to Cantor's half-million dollar radio contract; his having Sammy Davis Jr. as a return guest on the Colgate Comedy hour in the early 1950s after Sammy's first visit caused an outpouring of hate mail; his coining the phrase "March of Dimes" when FDR asked Cantor for advice in raising money to fight polio. <
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Much Better than what the critics stated
I just recently purchased this movie--I remember looking at on tv, when I was a kid, and I did enjoy it then, and I enjoyed it even better now, since I was now looking at it in color!! <
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>The only flaw I saw in the movie was that Mr Brasselle did overplay Mr Cantor's mannerisms just a little, but the blame should not have been on the actor alone, but also the director, who supervised the whole movie while it was still in production--and where was Mr. Cantor when this movie was being made?? It seemed he should have been around for just a couple of scenes, and made his comments known before the movie was finished--Instead after he reviewed the whole picture, his comment was, "If that was me, I didn't live". <
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>The actor must have been devastated, along with the comments of the critics--This man's career was never the same again!! <
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>It seems a shame to blame only the actor for the quality of the movie, and not the others who were involved in the making of this biopic--As I stated earlier, I enjoyed the movie, and I will see it again and again!!Thanks to Mr Brasselle's energetic (if somewhat overplayed) performance of Banjo eyes!!