The above story made me laugh. It also brought back childhood memories of Eddie Cantor. Mr. Cantor looked so much like my Portuguese grandfather and I idolized Mr. Cantor who was my favorite actor. I so loved movie magazines and found out Mr. Cantor and I shared the same birthday, January 31. I wrote a fan letter telling him how happy I was to share the same date, not to mention how sweet he was. Approximately three to four weeks later, I received a letter from Mr Cantor letting me know he was happy regarding our birthdays. Unfortunately, years later the letter was lost, but I never forgot his kindness to reply to a youngster. He was great!!!
–Kelly Clark, Norfolk, Virginia
When my youngest sister (daughter #5) was born in 1956 in San Diego, to Harry and Phyllis Kanter, my dad wrote Hollywood star Eddie Cantor to say Eddie was no longer the only Jewish Cantor with 5 daughters. (Eddie’s 5 daughters are: Natalie Cantor Metzger, Marjorie Cantor, Marilyn Cantor Baker, Janet Cantor Gari and Edna Cantor McHugh.) Eddie Cantor’s reply was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune along with a photo of our family with the new baby. He had written, “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again!”
–Donna Frankel, Santa Clara, California
The above story made me laugh. It also brought back childhood memories of Eddie Cantor. Mr. Cantor looked so much like my Portuguese grandfather and I idolized Mr. Cantor who was my favorite actor. I so loved movie magazines and found out Mr. Cantor and I shared the same birthday, January 31. I wrote a fan letter telling him how happy I was to share the same date, not to mention how sweet he was. Approximately three to four weeks later, I received a letter from Mr Cantor letting me know he was happy regarding our birthdays. Unfortunately, years later the letter was lost, but I never forgot his kindness to reply to a youngster. He was great!!!
–Kelly Clark, Norfolk, Virginia
When my youngest sister (daughter #5) was born in 1956 in San Diego, to Harry and Phyllis Kanter, my dad wrote Hollywood star Eddie Cantor to say Eddie was no longer the only Jewish Cantor with 5 daughters. (Eddie’s 5 daughters are: Natalie Cantor Metzger, Marjorie Cantor, Marilyn Cantor Baker, Janet Cantor Gari and Edna Cantor McHugh.) Eddie Cantor’s reply was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune along with a photo of our family with the new baby. He had written, “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again!”
–Donna Frankel, Santa Clara, California