Harold Adamson & Eddie Cantor
A chintzy replica of a hot air balloon floats past a globe, followed by sheet music for the song "Around The World In 80 Days" to introduce it's lyricist, Harold Adamson, seated at a piano. Adamson talks about the March of Dimes and introduces a montage of still photographs of Eddie Cantor which accompany a recording of Cantor talking about how he invented the March of Dimes. Following the Cantor montage, Adamson reveals that he was stricken with polio as a child.
Identifier | CLIP-7273 |
Duration | 2 min, 23 sec |
Genre | Documentary |
Date | March 1968 |
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