`` It is as though '', I said on the historic three-hour, coast-to-coast radio broadcast which I bought ( following Father Coughlin and pre-empting the Eddie Cantor, Manhattan Merry-go-round and Major Bowes shows ) `` That Man in the White House, like some despot of yore, insisted on reading my diary, raiding my larder and ransacking my lingerie!!

'' My impassioned plea for civil rights created a landslide of correspondence and one sponsor even asked me to consider replacing the Eddie Cantor comedy hour on a permanent basis.

His feature film debut was in producer Samuel Goldwyn's Technicolor 1944 comedy Up in Arms, a remake of Goldwyn's Eddie Cantor comedy Whoopee!

Several hit songs were also recorded during the mahjong fad, most notably " Since Ma is Playing Mah Jong " by Eddie Cantor.

* October 10 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, comedian and dancer ( b. 1892 )

* Eddie Cantor

* January 31 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, singer ( d. 1964 )

* Buddy Doyle as Eddie Cantor

By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down " by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin ; the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of " Merrily We Roll Along " by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor.

Eddie Cantor had the biggest hit version of the ODJB classic, spending five weeks at no.

The song also was featured in the movie The Eddie Cantor Story and was the theme of the television series of the same name in 1961 – 1962.

President Calvin Coolidge, opera singer Abbie Mitchell, and vaudeville stars such as Phil Baker, Ben Bernie, Eddie Cantor, and Oscar Levant appeared in the firm's pictures.

In the sound era McCarey ventured into feature-film direction, working with many of the biggest stars of the era, including Gloria Swanson ( Indiscreet, 1931 ), Eddie Cantor ( The Kid From Spain, 1932 ), the Marx Brothers ( Duck Soup, 1933 ), W. C. Fields ( Six of a Kind, 1934 ), Mae West ( Belle of the Nineties, 1934 ), and Harold Lloyd ( The Milky Way, 1936 ).

Whites who performed in blackface in film included Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple and Judy Garland.

That same year she also appeared on screen with Eddie Cantor in Kid Millions, but it was her return to Broadway that would establish her as a major star and cement her image as a tough girl with a soft heart.

" Although Merman always had remained with a show until the end of its run, she left Anything Goes after eight months to appear with Eddie Cantor in the film Strike Me Pink.

In 1951 the duo became one of the rotating hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour ( Eddie Cantor and Bob Hope were among the others ) and the following year they inaugurated their own situation comedy, The Abbott and Costello Show.

( Eddie Cantor and Martin and Lewis were among the others.

In 1926, Bow appeared in eight releases: five for Paramount, including the film version of the musical Kid Boots with Eddie Cantor, and three others as an " out-loan ", shot in 1925.

Eddie Cantor, Fred Allen, Ethel Merman and Smith and Dale were among the top acts seen in Paramount shorts.

* Keefe Brasselle, actor, title role of the 1953 movie The Eddie Cantor Story

Lucille Ball had come to Hollywood in 1933, when, after a successful stint as a New York model, she was chosen by Sam Goldwyn to be one of sixteen Goldwyn Girls to co-star in the picture Roman Scandals with film star Eddie Cantor.

Eddie Cantor, host.

* Eddie Fisher is " discovered " by Eddie Cantor and signs with RCA.

* January 31 – Eddie Byrne, Irish actor ( d. 1981 )

* January 31 – Eddie Slovik is executed by firing squad for desertion, the first American soldier since the American Civil War, and last to date to be executed for this offense.

* January 31 – Eddie Slovik, American soldier ( executed ) ( b. 1920 )

* January 30 – Eddie Collins, American vaudeville-veteran comic ( d. 1940 )

* January 31 – Eddie Tolan, American athlete ( b. 1908 )

The Rocky Horror Show had a longer revival on Broadway from October 2000 to January 2002 at the Circle in the Square Theatre and featured Tom Hewitt ( later Terrance Mann ) as Frank N. Furter, Alice Ripley as Janet, Raúl Esparza ( later Sebastian Bach ) as Riff Raff, Joan Jett as Columbia / Usherette ( later Ana Gasteyer ), Lea DeLaria ( later Jason Wooten ) as Eddie / Doctor Scott, and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Magenta.

His most notable Off-Broadway performance, for which he won an Obie Award in 1965 and which he considers his " Othello ", was as Eddie Carbone ( again ) in Miller's A View From the Bridge at the Sheridan Square Playhouse from January 28, 1965 to December 11, 1966.

The movie was sent to the singer in January 2008, at the recommendation of Eddie Vedder, a supporter of the film and of the duo.

The O ' Jays are an American R & B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert ( born June 16, 1942 ), Walter Williams ( born August 25, 1943 ), William Powell ( January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977 ), Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.

Pre-production of the album began in January 1979 with demos cut at Albert Studios in Sydney, Australia, where they met the intended producer, Eddie Kramer.

Shortly after the chain closed in 1989 a New Jersey-based investment group led by Alex Adjimi bought the rights to the Crazy Eddie trademark and announced in January 1990 that they had purchased the leases on Crazy Eddie's Brooklyn flagship store and another in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

On 18 January 1965, Carlos " Morocho " Herández wins his first scepter, facing the American Eddie Perkins giving Venezuela its first world champion.

The O ' Jays are a Canton, Ohio based soul and R & B group, originally consisting of Walter Williams ( born August 25, 1942 ), Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell ( January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977 ) and Eddie Levert ( b. June 16, 1942 ).

Adu signed an 12-month loan deal with Greek side Aris in January 2010, joining fellow USA international Eddie Johnson.

The song " A Tribute to Jim Reeves " was written by Eddie Masterson and recorded by Larry Cunningham and The Mighty Avons and during January 1965 it scored on the UK Charts and Top Ten in Ireland.

In January 1948, the 16 year-old won a local competition and ( with three other winners ) was sent to New York to appear on a talent show called " Stairway to the Stars ", featuring Eddie Dowling.

The official Eddie Jobson Forum went online on January 1, 2006.

Eddie Koiki Mabo ( c. 29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992 ) was an Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius (" land belonging to nothing, no one ") which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title.

On January 1 edition of SmackDown, Eddie and Chavo finally broke up the team after losing to World's Greatest Tag Team.

On January 15 edition of SmackDown, Angle informed Eddie that the SmackDown General Manager Paul Heyman had made a match between Eddie and Chavo at Royal Rumble.

On the January 29, 2004 edition of SmackDown !, Eddie Guerrero last eliminated Angle in a 15-man Royal Rumble style match to earn a shot at the WWE Championship.

* January 2005: Andrew Eddie announces a joint venture between Mambo and Miro International Pty Ltd, with Miro proposing to offer financial support for the open source project, plus training, commercial support services, and developer certification.