Caught short! (Paperback)

Eddie Cantor

ISBN 10: 1966916124 / ISBN 13: 9781966916123

Verlag: Chosho Publishing, 2025

Beschreibung

Paperback. Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz) [1892-1964] was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the most prominent entertainers of his era.As a financier and stock market operator his experience is intensely real, and truly representative of the excitements and despairs of millions of his fellow-Americans during the stock market crash of 1929.This reprint of his original intimate and candid memoir of his own Wall Street adventure was written by Eddie Cantor himself while the frenzied ticker was still sputtering forth the news of the country's most violent stock market crisis. Through his humor he gives a first-hand account of the turmoil that surrounded this event and its impact on the population of people that had to endure this sudden and impactful event. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781966916123

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Caught short! (Paperback)
• Verlag: Chosho Publishing
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1966916124
• ISBN-13: 9781966916123
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz) [1892–1964] was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the most prominent entertainers of his era.

As a financier and stock market operator his experience is intensely real, and truly representative of the excitements and despairs of millions of his fellow-Americans during the stock market crash of 1929.

This reprint of his original intimate and candid memoir of his own Wall Street adventure was written by Eddie Cantor himself while the frenzied ticker was still sputtering forth the news of the country’s most violent stock market crisis.

Through his humor he gives a first-hand account of the turmoil that surrounded this event and its impact on the population of people that had to endure this sudden and impactful event.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz 1892-1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.His eye-rolling song-and-dance routines eventually led to his nickname "Banjo Eyes". Cantor's eyes became his trademark, often exaggerated in illustrations, and leading to his appearance on Broadway in the musical Banjo Eyes (1941).He helped to develop the March of Dimes and is credited with coining its name. Cantor was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1956 for distinguished service to the film industry.