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The Jazz Singer (1927)

NR ★ 6.1/10 89 min Drama, Music United States English
Director: Alan Crosland
Adaptation: Alfred A. Cohn
Theatre Play: Samson Raphaelson
Screenplay by: Alfred A. Cohn
Streaming: Not available
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.

Description

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.

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Top Cast

Al Jolson
Al Jolson Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
May McAvoy Mary Dale
Warner Oland
Warner Oland Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
Otto Lederer Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt Cantor Rosenblatt

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