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...Livermore '32, speaking last night in competition with five other undergraduates, was awarded the "Medaille France-Amerique," a prize given annually for talks in French on current events in France. Honorable mention was given, in the order named, to Joseph Cantor '32 and G. E. Stone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVERMORE WINS MEDAL IN FRENCH SPEAKING CONTEST | 5/23/1930 | See Source »

Ralph Capone, Chicago gangster, brother of Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, sent out word that the city's petty "chiselers" (extortioners) must cease' annoying theatrical folk for "benefit money." The Capone order was occasioned by Actress Francine Larrimore's receiving a demand for $1,000. Eddie Cantor, Musicomedy Clown, denied that he had been chiseled into singing at Mr. Capone's Cotton Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 17, 1930 | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

...hitherto issued. They will play many times without sounding worn. They can be dropped without disaster. A new Durium record will be issued each week, one played by a leading Broadway orchestra and chosen as "hit of the week" by a jury composed of Producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Comedian Eddie Cantor and Bandman Vincent Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Durium Records | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

...shaky graph of a department store employe's rise to theatrical fame. Mary Eaton's pretty legs support a corner of the plot, which sags whenever legs are not enough. Rudy Vallée and a technicolor ballet have been worked in for specialties. Best shot: Eddie Cantor in an old act from the Ziegfeld Follies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 27, 1930 | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

...Hoover and Mellon sent a chair to Coolidge the other day. The former President, being a man of very few words, won't thank them until they have sent two beds, a table, a rocker and some kitchen utensils." On the stage, Eddie Cantor's props- comparable to Will Rogers' gum and spinning ropes-are blackface makeup and white-rimmed spectacles. He accentuates his lines with eye-googling and eccentric prancing. When he wrote his first book a year and a half ago (My Life Is in Your Hands, autobiography), he required the aid of a ghostwriter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Newscracker | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

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