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Eddie Cantor: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts)

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Although there are now two full-scale biographies of Cantor (Koceluk and Goldman), it is fair to say that neither gives the sense of the magnitude of Eddie Cantor's stardom that can be gleaned from perusal of Fisher's exhaustive bibliography of Cantor's work.

Fisher has chronicled Cantor's stage, screen, radio, television, recording and literary career with great care and provided a very nice compressed biography as well. The overall effect is stunning, as one realizes that in many ways Cantor was the greatest star of his era.

Although Fisher has done much of the spadework, he has (understandably) failed to provide a complete account of all of the Eddie Cantor sheet music, radio shows and television appearances. Still, this is a mammoth and impressive work.