Movie: A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

Top 5 Billed Cast

Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor

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Richard Dix
Richard Dix

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Mary Eaton
Mary Eaton

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Oscar Shaw
Oscar Shaw

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Eddie Elkins
Eddie Elkins

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    A simple filmed performance featuring Cantor, done up in his stage minstrel makeup, allegedly at the Ziegfeld Theatre Roof Garden, but actually filmed on a soundstage at the Paramount Astoria studio.

  • Release Date

    1929-05-04

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    4

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    English
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