| Who's that dodging his murderous mama, an equally murderous sheik, and the temptations of a harem full of beauties? It's Brooklyn's own Eddie Wilson, who comes to Egypt to claim an inheritance and finds that lots of other folks want a slice of his $77,000,000 pie. In one of his famed Samuel Goldwyn movie extravaganzas, Eddie Cantor sings, clowns and wows `em as Eddie. Kid Millions also boasts dynamo Ethel Merman as Eddie's supposed mother (let's see, Eddie's twenty-five, she's nineteen. hmmm), George Murphy and Ann Sothern as young lovers, and a standout Technicolor® finale. The fun is irresistible, thanks largely to Cantor's screen charisma. Those big rolling banjo eyes, that good-natured exuberance, that combination.of the na?ve and the risqu?, gave him an endearing appeal that carried him through a career of almost fifty years and is still effective today (David Thomson, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film). |
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