The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-29
EDDIE CANTOR IN
 NEW COMEDY ROLE
Ali Baba Goes to Town Opens Engagement To-
 morrow at LOeW'S POIi

An urchin was grabbed by the seat of his trousers and hoiSted out of a door. He was kicked and mauled around by bruisers twice his size. But because these events hap- pened-events that were stark, heartbreaking tragedy to the pop eyed urchin of New York,s East Side-Eddie Cantor is today hilari- ously funny to millions. His boy hood has become his fortune in trade. It taught him that a real- life gag is better than all the good lines the best gagster can concoct.
 The star of Ali Baba Goes to Town," Twentieth Century-Fox ex- trava glorious mathematical show ing Saturday at the Loew Poli the- ater with Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang and Louise Ho- wick heading tremendous support ing cast, believes that whatever success he has had is due largely to the environment in which he, with a penchant for mischief, saw enough Serio-comedy in those years to keep him supplied with an inexhaustible collection of gags.
 From the time he won the prize on an amateur night program at Min CTS Bowery theater, when he was in his early teens, to the comple- tion of his musical spectacle, Ali Baba Comes to Town" Eddie Cau- tor has been delving back for his comedy into those years when he ran the noisy streets of the East Side with @ gang of rugamufans who did everything from pilfering fruit wagons to smashing windows.
 His first venture before the foot lights took place when his meagre finances were completely gone. A friend told him about amateur night at Miners Bowery theater, where one received five dollars if ne was judged the winner, and the hook If he wasn't. Acclaimed the winner, Eddie began thinking seri- ously about making acting @ career.
 Later, he became a singer at Car- ey Walsh's cabaret. When he dis- covered that walters earned more, he insisted on merging the two jobs. It was then his duty to wait table and sing before a critical audience which wouldn't hesitate to toss a lamp-post at hi milf the members didn't like his song.
 During these years, Eddie's grand- mother was always in the back ground, taking care of him and en- couraging him as best she could. Grown to manhood, the greatest sorrow of his life came when she passed away a few days before he was to open in his first ziegfeld's "Follies."
 In "AN Baba Goes to Town which is enriched by 8 revolutions ary new three-tone tinted process Eddie is an inoffensive little man who is pushed around until he acc cidentally becomes a power in Bag dad of the ninth century. Surround CA " NCuuVAA uA 6 L 10 thAAAAA AdN 1SAA oSU- tings in a colorful extravaganza of music and side-splitting comedy, the roving-eyed comedian stars in his greatest picture.
 John Carradine, Virginia Field, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Dumbrille, Raymond Scott Quintet, Peters Sis- ters and Jeni Le Gen also appear in the musical hit for which Twentieth Century-Fox Production Chief Dar- ryl F. Zanook selected David Butler to direct with Laurence Schwab as associate producer.
 Based on a story by Gene Towne, Graham Baker and Gene Fowler, the screen play was written by Har- ry Tugen and Jack Yellen. Mack Gordon and Harry Revel composed three new hit tunes, i've Got My Heart Set On You" Laugh Your Way Through Life" and Swing Is Here to Sway" Raymond Scott, famed leader of the quintet, au- thored Twilight In Turkey"
 The second big hit on the program is saturdays Heroes" with Van Heflin and Marian Marsh.
 Tongiht at Loew's Poll ends the