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Title: Eddie Cantor Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1964
Collection number: 861
Creator: Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964
Extent:
75 boxes (37.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) was a vaudeville performer and singing waiter. He turned to radio in the 1930s and was the highest
paid radio star by 1936. The collection consists of radio and television scripts, sheet music, orchestrations, photographs,
awards, tributes, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Library Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Natalie Metzger, 1964.
[Identification of item], Eddie Cantor Papers (Collection 861). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709577
Cantor was born Edward Israel Iskowitz on January 31, 1892 in New York City; he was orphaned at age of two and raised by his
grandmother; was a vaudeville performer and singing waiter; appeared in Gus Edwards'
Kid Kabaret; appeared in Ziegfeld's
Midnight Frolics in 1916; became star in successive
Ziegfeld Follies, 1917-1919, and also starred in the producer's shows,
Kid Boots and Whoopee; starred in two silent films,
Kid Boots (1926) and
Special Delivery (1927); had own radio show through the 1930s, and was the highest paid radio star by 1936; semi-retired after heart attack
in 1952; given Academy Award in 1956 for distinguished service to film industry; was married to Ida Tobias for 48 years and
had 5 daughters; died on October 10, 1964 in Hollywood, California.
Collection consists of materials related to Cantor's career, including radio and television scripts, sheet music, orchestrations,
photographs, awards, tributes, correspondence, and scrapbooks. Sound recordings which were a part of the original gift were
transferred to UCLA Theater Arts Department.
Arranged in the following series:
- Radio and television scripts.
- Music orchestrations and scores.
- Publications.
- Correspondence and scrapbook.
- Awards, testimonials.
- Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964--Archives.
Entertainers--United States--Archival resources.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Archival resources.
Radio plays.
Television plays.
Scores.