My dad used to sing this, so I learned to play it on guitar and we had a great time with it. Now he's gone and I'm as old as he was, but the song will endure forever.
His accent and way of speaking was incredible to the original. He was incredible in boardwalk and was amazing in history. Thanks, banjo eyes. And thanks to Terence winter and Marty for introducing me to the glory that was the 20s
@@JustinSpakable What glory? Bootleggers, corrupt politicians, racketeers and mobsters running around on the streets killing each other for some clams? Or the separated schools, toilets and jail cells for different people based on a few molecules in their DNA? The Boardwalk Empire show is great, but in all of these movies they show us what we don't want to have in our world now. They say that movie makers romanticize things like bootlegging, bank robberies and selling drugs, and I guess they do, but that's the whole point: to show that there is a rewarding side to that way of living, but to get these rewards they make horrible things and every time they go all-in with their life included. Because at any minute some mobster can force his way through and just spray them with a machine gun.
Eddie Cantor's autobiography is still available, it is also a wonderful read. Filled with stories about the great stars of the era and he does not say one unpleasant thing about anybody. I loved it.
This movie, "Whoopee", was thought to have been lost for decades until a cop was discovered in the late 1980s. Luckily, a work of art is preserved for us to enjoy.
One of the great American standard lyrics, delivered superbly by Cantor in 1930. Notice how he tips his hat to the ladies as they exit, then casually performs a pretty nifty dance step to open the second chorus...good stuff.
I love these old-time entertainers--Cantor, Jolson, Chevalier, Durante, Merman, and even though he's known more for his dancing than singing, Fred Astaire knew how to put over a tune (and was a fantastic musician). None of them had "great" voices, but they just knew how to entertain musically in a way that they just don't do anymore.
@@detectivefiction3701 So did Jolson. He had an incredibe voice. Listen to him on a ballad like I'll Be Seeing You. Had he chosen to go in that direction, he could have been one of the greatest operatic baritones of all time.
@@bennyrobertson I don't think he was a great singer. In his later years though, I think he was pretty good, but not to my taste. He was always more of an entertainer, a guy who put on a show.
I love Eddie Cantor - I have lived in Ireland and England, most of my life - but this New Yorker (If that was his hometown) always makes me smile and sing (badly)
I remember this from childhood too , but I’d never seen him perform it. His expressions and gestures and dancing are wonderful. Lots of subtlety then totally over the top, Pete Hutley, Newcastle, Australia.
Eddie Cantor is cool so I have this movie Whoopee!www.amazon.com/Whoopee-Eddie-Cantor/dp/B00CA4S308 and this movie is good and amazing the songs are great
I just realized and looked up that Eddie Cantor was a real person. I’ve been watching Boardwalk Empire and I can’t believe how well that actor plays him. Sound just like him too! Great stuff!
His eyes, after he is done singing and is walking away ... they get me every time! No matter how foul a mood I may be in, I watch this and have a smile on my face by the end!
Men in those days work suits and ties nearly everywhere. Even laborers, carpenters, the milk man. Women wore dresses to work as phone operators and store clerk's, nurses and teachers. And EVERYBODY wore hats. We dressed up even further to travel. In the 60s, people dressed up to fly on Pan Am to Hawaii. Even into the 60s and half way through the 70s, engineers and draftsmen and scientists wore neckties. My second year of high school was the first time they allowed girls to wear pants, and we were then also allowed to wear jeans for the first time. We all just plain "Dressed up" to do everything. We were goofy. I've always dug Eddie's delivery of all the lyrics of this tune. We don't get that with Frank or Ella. Thanks - Lumpy
Several times during my childhood, I ran across Eddie Cantor's movies and I loved his brand of entertainment. In college, I was very fortunate to have read his autobiography, and to this day find it to be one of the most beautiful and inspirational books I have ever read.
Love Eddie Cantor! He's just so adorable ! What an entertainer He could put over a song like a champ, No no like him before or since! Thanks for this wonderful clip! So appreciate things like this !!
The Broadway show in which Canter starred in was produced in 1928 but this Samuel Goldwyn film version was done in 1930. With the same Orchestra by the way, George Olson and his Music.
On this day in 1957 {September 18th} the CBS-TV network's 'The Big Record Show' had its national debut {it was the network’s answer to ABC-TV’s ‘American Bandstand’}... The show's hostess was Patti Page and it lasted for one season with 35 episodes... Eddie Cantor performed “Makin’ Whoopee!” on the show; he first introduced the song twenty-nine years earlier in the 1928 Broadway musical ‘Whoopee!’… Mr. Cantor, Edward Israel Iskowitz, passed away on October 10th, 1964 at the age of 72... May he R.I.P.
Just remember, 'making whoopee' seems to imply commit adultery,, cause since he earns five thousand per, he has to give a portion to his wife....on whom he was cheating by 'making whoopee' with another woman...
I've always loved Eddie Cantor's music. My father was generous enough and appreciated music enough to make sure my family and I were exposed to Eddie's music and other artists of the time. My limited song writing abilities and my own limited guitar playing abilities leave me to wonder what sort of talent this man had to be able to write such an impressive and complicated song. Very appreciative of the talent he possessed.
The biggest problem to modern viewers is the lack of audience reaction to Eddie's punchlines, he does time the gags for films, not stage, where he would have paused even longer, before the next line.. Many stage routines were ruined by filming, timing to long or simply the silence of having no proper audience. To appreciate it you have to imagine the reaction of waves of laughter to each gag, wide eyed stare, and double take he did. Stephen..
I've always been a fan of this piece and particularly with Eddie Cantor singing it, but to see this video makes it all the better. Great music from the era of some of the best show tunes!
I read a David Lee Roth interview once where he gave props to all of these early pioneers and said what an influence they had on his style. That always stuck with me sort of opened my eyes a little to the universal appeal and timelessness of what a true performer is. Eddie Cantor had it all.
This is a perfect demonstration of a live recording. Watch his lips, totally in sync with the sound. Most singers lip sync for TV and their lip movement is always a little behind. They also try to hide somewhat behind the microphone.
This is a classic! Back in Nam me and me mates used to listen to this, still classic! He will love on in our hearts. Classic! Back when life was good and women had rights
Eddie Cantor and other performers who came up through vaudeville had to be able to fill an auditorium with their voice alone... there was no electronic amplification back then. This led to a singing style that's very different from the more subtle type of singing ushered in later by the crooners. Eddie was an electrifying perfomer. I love his movies and radio show. Glad these clips are available.
a timeless masterpiece... - at ~2:17 Eddie has a glitch with "telephone" - its like a one-shot live take and wonderful! - lets hope all his films including "Ali Baba Goes To Town" are lovingly remastered & released soon to DVD or Blu-Ray
Eddie Cantor singing live in 1930. He was born in NYC Isidore Itzkowitz sometime in 1892. He had no birth certificate so the date is unknown. His father was Mechel Iskowitz and his mother was Meta Kantrowitz both born in Russia. His mother died when he was 2 and nothing is known about his father. His maternal grandmother Esther Kantrowitz took custody of him. His last name, Kantrowitz due to a clerical error, was shortened to Kanter. His grandmother died in 1917 when he was 24. He married his wife Ida in 1913 who called him Edward (Eddie). His charity and humanitarian work was extensive. He helped to develop the March of Dimes and is credited with coining its name. He died in 1964.
Hermoso, estoy en un parque de un pueblo muy antiguo, sentada en el piso, y en la pared de cualquier edificio, ahí los veo, mucha gente del pueblo, felices, sencillos, mirándonos con amor, sin pensar en más, admirados de ver cómo se sostienen los artistas y ahora tienen voz, ¿de dónde saldrá?, y la niña mocosa limpiándose con el brazo. Recordar es vivir.
2-Strip Technicolor, it was in use since the early 20's. Mostly as a special single reel in longer features like Phantom of the Opera and The Ten Commandments, but I recall seeing a full length 2-Strip feature from the early 20's called The "Toll of The Sea".
Love this song and Eddie's performance! Thanks for posting.
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No, that clip from a 1930 movie is not colorized. The movie was shot in the two color Technicolor process! Specifically the third and final version that used dye imbibition (just as the three color process later did) rather than gluing two prints together.
I couldn't understand why they would allow a flub at 2:16, but realized he's changing from an old candlestick 2 piece phone to a "modern" 1 piece handset.
at the time it was to expensive to retake the the whole shot leave it,cantor pulled off the best fuck up on film,and it worked. cudos to the bean counters,the public grew aware of a new tech change and cantor was aware of his flub and kept on singing
This was not a flub in anyway. Cantor was the ultimate Craftsman. Look at the perfect body language he uses all throughout this song, including two of his trademark clichés: the rolling of the eyes and the quick clapping of the hands that was parodied in cartoons and by impersonators for decades afterwards. That "flaw" was very cleverly done by Eddie Cantor to switch from using the candlestick "Eliot Ness" style phone to the newer style cradle phone with a hand receiver that we are familiar with today. Nothing flawed in his performance, it was carefully planned out.
I notice that some posters still do not know that colour film was available in the 1920's, Technicolor had made several colour features before Whoppee in the early two Color system. It is the best surviving example, some others are lost films or colour inserts in longer features. The film survived as a private copy in Jack Warners collection, although the film was a Samuel Goldwynn Production, by United Artists.
It was available, but too expensive and in case of the 2 color systems pretty limited. You will never see a real blue or a real red. But they knew, how to do color with 3 colors, but too expensive.
Rob F - you never saw Hell's Angels" (1930), did you? I have it on DVD, it has a complete red scene, and a blue scene, and a full color party scene with Jean Harlow.
+Joan Smith I've seen hills angels , but only on t.v. when young and black and white t.v. at that so no I never knew about the multi-colored effects you mentioned. thank you for some trial I never knew
This video is an absolute joy to watch! One of my favorite actors of the time and his faces! Priceless. They really sell the song, Although sometimes you do have to wonder how exactly this got through the censors. :P
@@Ryan-on5on I know that. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" The point is that if you don't understand the obvious reference, you should just pass by. Trust me pal, it's extremely simple 🤣
@@dr.romanfell1933 is 1912 a movie. because if you're talking about the year they were born. that ain't how that works. like if you were born in 1987 you're not an 80's kid. you're a 90's kid.
What a talent! He like so many of his fantastic era set the standard for those who would follow but never quite attain the class or for that matter legend that this superstar did even with a congenital bad heart.Izzy or as you were known to the public as Eddie I along with countless millions "down through the countless ages" are thankful To UA-cam that you will never die!!!!
My dad used to sing this, so I learned to play it on guitar and we had a great time with it. Now he's gone and I'm as old as he was, but the song will endure forever.
How sweet is that girl...
Jeff Rey this is the most beautiful thing I've ever read in the UA-cam comments section
Jeff Rey that’s kinda gay
Great to hear your story Jeff that you have that memory, bonding with your dad in such a way. Glad for you !
How do you play it?
The guy who plays him in Boardwalk Empire does a good job of capturing his mannerisms and style.
But he wasn’t as funny
His accent and way of speaking was incredible to the original. He was incredible in boardwalk and was amazing in history.
Thanks, banjo eyes. And thanks to Terence winter and Marty for introducing me to the glory that was the 20s
@@JustinSpakable What glory? Bootleggers, corrupt politicians, racketeers and mobsters running around on the streets killing each other for some clams?
Or the separated schools, toilets and jail cells for different people based on a few molecules in their DNA?
The Boardwalk Empire show is great, but in all of these movies they show us what we don't want to have in our world now.
They say that movie makers romanticize things like bootlegging, bank robberies and selling drugs, and I guess they do, but that's the whole point: to show that there is a rewarding side to that way of living, but to get these rewards they make horrible things and every time they go all-in with their life included. Because at any minute some mobster can force his way through and just spray them with a machine gun.
@@KulaGGin Mexico is like that right now
I disagree... I thought he was weak, but then again I think the world of the real eddie....he's an entertainer
Eddie Cantor's autobiography is still available, it is also a wonderful read. Filled with stories about the great stars of the era and he does not say one unpleasant thing about anybody. I loved it.
I have his autobiography too. His, Chaplin’s, and Harpo’s.
His facial and hand gestures are skillfully done. He tells the story like a true vaudevillian. I like this better than the later versions.
Do they though?
@@VictorMatthieuEnglish isn't your first language huh?
This movie, "Whoopee", was thought to have been lost for decades until a cop was discovered in the late 1980s. Luckily, a work of art is preserved for us to enjoy.
Source?
@@jayminyoel7911 No way did you just ask a 10 year old comment for a source
@@philipgreen7456 Yep, I sure did
@@jayminyoel7911 did you ever find it
@@dejavu3547 Nope
this is my favourite version of this song, his charm is unparalleled, absolute swag from eddie
1:46 I love how he acts like he's ready to take that long walk down the aisle and then back peddles like siiiiiiike! 😎
*psych
Thank you @Carlos-gv2h
Cantor's enunciation is *always* perfect. A wonderful entertainer. Thanks for posting.
This man had the most unique style of writing songs. They all turned out good.
There is something timeless in this performance. Fun, engaging and classic!
One of the great American standard lyrics, delivered superbly by Cantor in 1930. Notice how he tips his hat to the ladies as they exit, then casually performs a pretty nifty dance step to open the second chorus...good stuff.
frrr arigato senpai >_< :33
@@Jinnie_jinnn what
Oh the way he rolls those eyes!
They called him Banjo eyes.
The great Eddie Cantor was what they used to call "an entertainer." A real pro.
I love these old-time entertainers--Cantor, Jolson, Chevalier, Durante, Merman, and even though he's known more for his dancing than singing, Fred Astaire knew how to put over a tune (and was a fantastic musician). None of them had "great" voices, but they just knew how to entertain musically in a way that they just don't do anymore.
Actually, Merman had a great voice in many ways; it was open-throated and resonant, with perfect diction. It just wasn't a trained voice.
@@detectivefiction3701 Agreed.
@@detectivefiction3701 So did Jolson. He had an incredibe voice. Listen to him on a ballad like I'll Be Seeing You. Had he chosen to go in that direction, he could have been one of the greatest operatic baritones of all time.
Well thats how vaudeville was.
@@bennyrobertson I don't think he was a great singer. In his later years though, I think he was pretty good, but not to my taste. He was always more of an entertainer, a guy who put on a show.
I love Eddie Cantor - I have lived in Ireland and England, most of my life - but this New Yorker (If that was his hometown) always makes me smile and sing (badly)
I remember this from childhood too , but I’d never seen him perform it. His expressions and gestures and dancing are wonderful. Lots of subtlety then totally over the top, Pete Hutley, Newcastle, Australia.
Joe: “PETER, IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY EYE!”
Peter: “KEEP SINGING YOU!”
I've never come across anyone who can roll their eyes as expressively as Cantor. He must have been really good value as a comic entertainer.
The lyrics are as brilliant as the performance, and just as relevant today.
Rhyming 'treeses' with 'beeses' .. that's awesome.
I like how he looks up at the ceiling and when he says something suggestive, lol
He was so handsome!
He is the best. And I've told my friends, but they just say: "Who?"
Like with Rudee Valley, my love for Eddie is not often shared.
I like a lot of his music and I'm only 27 lol
I'm 31 and a HUGE fan--I have all of his books, songs, and movies...and his autograph. :)
Eddie Cantor is cool so I have this movie Whoopee!www.amazon.com/Whoopee-Eddie-Cantor/dp/B00CA4S308 and this movie is good and amazing the songs are great
This is actually Eddie van Halen, not Cantor.
That's a common mistake though.
Chin up i.like him too.
I just realized and looked up that Eddie Cantor was a real person. I’ve been watching Boardwalk Empire and I can’t believe how well that actor plays him. Sound just like him too! Great stuff!
His eyes, after he is done singing and is walking away ... they get me every time! No matter how foul a mood I may be in, I watch this and have a smile on my face by the end!
My Mom told me how famous he became because of his tremendous talent and his eyes! He rolled them better than anybody!
This guy was one of the best in the business
I love this version, Eddie is one of the best you are right.
You better keep her, you'll find its cheaper, than making "Whoopie". Truer words have never been sung.
All of my 3 older brothers will attest to that!
I'm in love with the girls' gowns and hats. Fashion in the early 1930s was exquisite, IMO. My favorite.
I agree, I'm obsessed with all of it.
Men in those days work suits and ties nearly everywhere. Even laborers, carpenters, the milk man. Women wore dresses to work as phone operators and store clerk's, nurses and teachers. And EVERYBODY wore hats. We dressed up even further to travel. In the 60s, people dressed up to fly on Pan Am to Hawaii. Even into the 60s and half way through the 70s, engineers and draftsmen and scientists wore neckties. My second year of high school was the first time they allowed girls to wear pants, and we were then also allowed to wear jeans for the first time.
We all just plain "Dressed up" to do everything. We were goofy.
I've always dug Eddie's delivery of all the lyrics of this tune. We don't get that with Frank or Ella. Thanks - Lumpy
Yes! Very aesthetic
@@musiccampwithlumpyandlisa9025 70s? I wore a jacket and tie to work until the 90s and a tie until the 00s
Several times during my childhood, I ran across Eddie Cantor's movies and I loved his brand of entertainment. In college, I was very fortunate to have read his autobiography, and to this day find it to be one of the most beautiful and inspirational books I have ever read.
I’ll have to check it out! (Cantor’s autobiography.)
I saw this in the evolution of music and I found it hilarious
Love Eddie Cantor! He's just so adorable ! What an entertainer He could put over a song like a champ, No no like him before or since! Thanks for this wonderful clip! So appreciate things like this !!
I am a great fan of Eddie Cantor. It is a delight to watch this. Thank you.
Oh , those eyes ! 👀 Timeless song , making whoopeedooo still prevails , folk . 👌🏼
Typical song of the era - just a great tune, literate clever lyrics, played and sung by incredibly talented people.
This IS music! Love this song. First heard it in Bioshock Infinite.
haha same!
same!
Me too 😆😆😋
Same here! 😄
+Ardgon Samee
Pretty good quality for 1928
The Broadway show in which Canter starred in was produced in 1928 but this Samuel Goldwyn film version was done in 1930. With the same Orchestra by the way, George Olson and his Music.
Very very good
This is a film called Whoopee! In 1930 the link is right here!www.amazon.com/Whoopee-Eddie-Cantor/dp/B00CA4S308
You do realize it's been colorized right?
@@jamespfitz yes but you would think the volume would be scratchy or the filming to brake out at some points but it doesnt
On this day in 1957 {September 18th} the CBS-TV network's 'The Big Record Show' had its national debut {it was the network’s answer to ABC-TV’s ‘American Bandstand’}...
The show's hostess was Patti Page and it lasted for one season with 35 episodes...
Eddie Cantor performed “Makin’ Whoopee!” on the show; he first introduced the song twenty-nine years earlier in the 1928 Broadway musical ‘Whoopee!’…
Mr. Cantor, Edward Israel Iskowitz, passed away on October 10th, 1964 at the age of 72...
May he R.I.P.
Manages to be both sweet and cool - simply glorious.
Whoopee...innuendos at its finest.
normandyangel I don't know that there's any innuendo here: just a euphemism. It's obvious to everybody what he's talking about.
***** touché
In the 1960's-70s they said "make it".
Just remember, 'making whoopee' seems to imply commit adultery,, cause since he earns five thousand per, he has to give a portion to his wife....on whom he was cheating by 'making whoopee' with another woman...
normandyangel you should hear Harry Roy - my girls pussy then
I've always loved Eddie Cantor's music. My father was generous enough and appreciated music enough to make sure my family and I were exposed to Eddie's music and other artists of the time. My limited song writing abilities and my own limited guitar playing abilities leave me to wonder what sort of talent this man had to be able to write such an impressive and complicated song. Very appreciative of the talent he possessed.
Eddie Cantor was amazing!
Spot On, Eddie had the talent and the expression and his own style.
Wonderful...just wonderful.
Eddie Cantor, was not just funny. He was an awesome singer too! Great dancer
EDDIE CANTOR WAS THE GREATEST. AN AMERICAN LEGEND. BANJO EYES. AND I LOVE IT THAT THIS HAS THAT EARTHINESS OF THE PRE CODE PERIOD
The biggest problem to modern viewers is the lack of audience reaction to Eddie's punchlines, he does time the gags for films, not stage, where he would have paused even longer, before the next line.. Many stage routines were ruined by filming, timing to long or simply the silence of having no proper audience. To appreciate it you have to imagine the reaction of waves of laughter to each gag, wide eyed stare, and double take he did.
Stephen..
yup, some of my relatives talked about seeing him live in NYC and just in tears watching his acts - it's funny even today; clever too.
How can someone be so cute? ♥
Ugh! He was SO HANDSOME!!!
Glad my English Teacher showed me this. Not only is it somewhat funny, but it's a great song in general. Miss this kind of music.
I've always been a fan of this piece and particularly with Eddie Cantor singing it, but to see this video makes it all the better. Great music from the era of some of the best show tunes!
Oddly, in the late 50's Pepsi chose to make this their theme song for a while. I bet I'm the only one in the world who remembers this.
I love the way the audio sounds in these old recordings
Me too it’s unique and comfortable funny way to describe it but it’s just that
1929 the year my grandma was born , now she is 93
I read a David Lee Roth interview once where he gave props to all of these early pioneers and said what an influence they had on his style. That always stuck with me sort of opened my eyes a little to the universal appeal and timelessness of what a true performer is. Eddie Cantor had it all.
Every syllable is crystal clear. He as much speaks the song as sings it.
He is just precious! Classic song! Classic guy! Thanks!
HA! I do luv the 'old' tunes...and Eddie?........Roll them eyes!
This is a perfect demonstration of a live recording. Watch his lips, totally in sync with the sound. Most singers lip sync for TV and their lip movement is always a little behind. They also try to hide somewhat behind the microphone.
The song is so Brilliantly executed..Love Him and Noel Coward From Hong Kong!!!
I can watch this over and over.. .. thank you for posting this.
It's the season. Classic. Absolutely!
This is a classic! Back in Nam me and me mates used to listen to this, still classic! He will love on in our hearts. Classic! Back when life was good and women had rights
Classic! My mom just mentioned Eddie Cantor to me on the phone and thought I'd look it up here. Jackpot!!!
that vintage resolutioned orchestra... pure beauty..
Eddie Cantor and other performers who came up through vaudeville had to be able to fill an auditorium with their voice alone... there was no electronic amplification back then. This led to a singing style that's very different from the more subtle type of singing ushered in later by the crooners.
Eddie was an electrifying perfomer. I love his movies and radio show. Glad these clips are available.
I simply ADORE E C!!! My grandfather turned me on to him in the 70's, and I've been hooked ever since!
A striking face.
a timeless masterpiece... - at ~2:17 Eddie has a glitch with "telephone" - its like a one-shot live take and wonderful! - lets hope all his films including "Ali Baba Goes To Town" are lovingly remastered & released soon to DVD or Blu-Ray
what is the glitch?
@@calikokat100 it looks like he misses up a line
He second guesses what style of phone to jester.
Really?
I saw it as a spontaneous reference, on the spot, to Dick Tracy's 2-way wrist radio.
I see it more as a nod to how time changes technology
Really delightful. So many classic moments. Thanks very much.
He’s adorable here I love him
I total legend the like that will never be seen again a true legend together with jolson and brice legends
Boardwalk Empire.
I love Eddie Cantor, he is the best!
Eddie Cantor singing live in 1930. He was born in NYC Isidore Itzkowitz sometime in 1892. He had no birth certificate so the date is unknown. His father was Mechel Iskowitz and his mother was Meta Kantrowitz both born in Russia. His mother died when he was 2 and nothing is known about his father. His maternal grandmother Esther Kantrowitz took custody of him. His last name, Kantrowitz due to a clerical error, was shortened to Kanter. His grandmother died in 1917 when he was 24. He married his wife Ida in 1913 who called him Edward (Eddie).
His charity and humanitarian work was extensive. He helped to develop the March of Dimes and is credited with coining its name. He died in 1964.
Hermoso, estoy en un parque de un pueblo muy antiguo, sentada en el piso, y en la pared de cualquier edificio, ahí los veo, mucha gente del pueblo, felices, sencillos, mirándonos con amor, sin pensar en más, admirados de ver cómo se sostienen los artistas y ahora tienen voz, ¿de dónde saldrá?, y la niña mocosa limpiándose con el brazo. Recordar es vivir.
I love how he rolls his eyes. So cute.
2-Strip Technicolor, it was in use since the early 20's. Mostly as a special single reel in longer features like Phantom of the Opera and The Ten Commandments, but I recall seeing a full length 2-Strip feature from the early 20's called The "Toll of The Sea".
Love this song and Eddie's performance! Thanks for posting.
No, that clip from a 1930 movie is not colorized. The movie was shot in the two color Technicolor process! Specifically the third and final version that used dye imbibition (just as the three color process later did) rather than gluing two prints together.
He’s like a combination of Sinatra and Cole Porter all rolled into 1 fantastic performer.
I already know Seth MacFarlane knows this exist
I know Eddie Cantor! He rules! I paid my respects at his crypt a few years ago. It was a great honour for me.
I couldn't understand why they would allow a flub at 2:16, but realized he's changing from an old candlestick 2 piece phone to a "modern" 1 piece handset.
Good eye.
at the time it was to expensive to retake the the whole shot leave it,cantor pulled off the best fuck up on film,and it worked. cudos to the bean counters,the public grew aware of a new tech change and cantor was aware of his flub and kept on singing
This was not a flub in anyway. Cantor was the ultimate Craftsman. Look at the perfect body language he uses all throughout this song, including two of his trademark clichés: the rolling of the eyes and the quick clapping of the hands that was parodied in cartoons and by impersonators for decades afterwards. That "flaw" was very cleverly done by Eddie Cantor to switch from using the candlestick "Eliot Ness" style phone to the newer style cradle phone with a hand receiver that we are familiar with today. Nothing flawed in his performance, it was carefully planned out.
ArchivePix great sight gag!
Or if you consider what he's singing about and have a dirty mind he might just say he doesn't fu... phone ! x)
I notice that some posters still do not know that colour film was available in the 1920's, Technicolor had made several colour features before Whoppee in the early two Color system. It is the best surviving example, some others are lost films or colour inserts in longer features. The film survived as a private copy in Jack Warners collection, although the film was a Samuel Goldwynn Production, by United Artists.
It was available, but too expensive and in case of the 2 color systems pretty limited. You will never see a real blue or a real red. But they knew, how to do color with 3 colors, but too expensive.
+Rob F it looks colorized to me
Rob F - you never saw Hell's Angels" (1930), did you? I have it on DVD, it has a complete red scene, and a blue scene, and a full color party scene with Jean Harlow.
+Joan Smith I've seen hills angels , but only on t.v. when young and black and white t.v. at that so no I never knew about the multi-colored effects you mentioned. thank you for some trial I never knew
+Steve Mccart damn spell check. you would think I could get away with a word like hells
Beautiful.
This video is an absolute joy to watch! One of my favorite actors of the time and his faces! Priceless. They really sell the song, Although sometimes you do have to wonder how exactly this got through the censors. :P
Only 1912 kids will remember
@cyberninja011 The math should math...
1929, kiddo. Sound film didn't come around till '27!
@@Ryan-on5on I know that. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" The point is that if you don't understand the obvious reference, you should just pass by. Trust me pal, it's extremely simple 🤣
@@dr.romanfell1933 is 1912 a movie. because if you're talking about the year they were born. that ain't how that works. like if you were born in 1987 you're not an 80's kid. you're a 90's kid.
@@saintfisuto1072 Ooh... Bioshock Infinite takes place in 1912, in a steampunk utopian city called Columbia... The song can be heard on the radio
I've found this song first time in over 40 years brings back great memories
Eddie Cantor.Absolutely brilliant, they don't make them like him anymore
love this............the lyrics are hilarious
sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era..........
I love music from 20s, 30s and 40s.........
true..
So you want to be born in WWI?
@@trashtrash2169in america it wasn't the worst unless you where drafted
1892-1964 RIP
"Let's make some whoopee!" -My drama class after watching this
Dances like Cagney. He's adorable.
What a star! Wonderful stuff! So understated -the antithesis of Al Jolson. And that early Technicolor. Tim Burton would kill to get colours like that!
What a talent! He like so many of his fantastic era set the standard for those who would follow but never quite attain the class or for that matter legend that this superstar did even with a congenital bad heart.Izzy or as you were known to the public as Eddie I along with countless millions "down through the countless ages" are thankful To UA-cam that you will never die!!!!
This is when entertainment was brilliant
A great singer and talent ... a brilliant performance !
Eddie Cantor was one of the Greatest Figures of the Ziegfeld Follies, thank you for this video, Five Stars.
From the days when entertainment was just that. I was born out of my time. My parents and grandparents had the best of it