Editing Eddie Cantor (section)

===Broadway===
A year later, Cantor made his Broadway debut in the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1917]]''. He continued in the ''Follies'' until 1927,<ref name="bway">[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=5198 "Eddie Cantor Broadway Credits"] Internet Broadway database listing, retrieved December 24, 2009.</ref> a period considered{{by whom?|date=April 2024}} the best years of the long-running revue. For several years, Cantor co-starred in an act with pioneer comedian [[Bert Williams]], both appearing in blackface; Cantor played Williams's fresh-talking son. Other co-stars with Cantor during his time in the ''Follies'' included [[Will Rogers]], [[Marilyn Miller]], [[Fanny Brice]], and [[W.C. Fields]].<ref>Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; McNeilly, Donald. "Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers" (2007). Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-93853-8}}, p. 193.</ref> He moved on to stardom in book musicals, starting with ''[[Kid Boots]]'' (1923) and ''[[Whoopee!]]'' (1928).<ref name="bway" /> The successful Broadway run of ''Banjo Eyes'' was cut short when Cantor suffered a major [[heart attack]], the first of several that would plague his later years.