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Eddie Jr.'s son, Eddie III, was a casting director with Columbia Pictures for over 40 years. Between 1901 and 1912, Foy played the leading comic roles in a series of musical comedies in New York City and on tour, including The Strollers (1901), The Wild Rose (1902), Mr. Bluebeard (1903), Piff! Paff!!
The Seven Little Foys: Directed by Melville Shavelson. With Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias, Angela Clarke. After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Melville Shavelson
- 1955-05-31
The Seven Little Foys. The Seven Little Foys is a Technicolor in VistaVision 1955 comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. One highlight of the film is an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence with Bob Hope as Eddie Foy and James Cagney as George M. Cohan (reprising his role from Yankee Doodle Dandy).
Eddie Foy (born March 9, 1856, New York City—died February 16, 1928, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) was an American comedian, actor, and vaudevillian who enjoyed success in variety shows and musicals before becoming a star on the vaudeville circuit. As a child, he sang and danced in the streets of New York and Chicago to help support his family.
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Millbook Community Players (Millbrook, Alabama) — November 2014 (Production Photos: SLFmillbrook)Schimmel Center for the Arts/New York International Fringe Festival (NYC)Seven Angels Theater (Waterbury, CT)York Theater, NYC (Staged Reading)The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show: THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS A Fable of Vaudeville Written, Arranged, and Originally Directed in New York by CHIP DEFFAA With songs from the repertoire of Eddie Foy & family, and originals by CHIP DEFFAA NOTE: The names ...
Feb 9, 2015 · While Foy did have seven children, the movie only shows one wife. In reality, he had four women he was either married to or romantically involved with for many years. Eddie Foy, Sr. and the Seven Little Foys performed together from 1910 until 1913. After they stopped performing, most of the children went on to pursue their own entertainment ...
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1.85 : 1. Film Length. 10ft. On Christmas Day, in 1913, entertainer Eddie Foy and his seven children¿Bryan, Charley, Richard, Mary, Madeleine, Eddie, Jr. and Irving¿perform for the first time at New York's celebrated Palace Theatre. As they sing and dance, Charley, Eddie's second child, recounts how the family got its start: One night, in ...
