The Jazz Singer
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
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.
Directed by Alan Crosland · Written by Alfred A. Cohn
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Cast
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Al Jolson Jakie Rabinowitz -
May McAvoy Mary Dale -
Warner Oland Cantor Rabinowitz -
Eugenie Besserer Sara Rabinowitz -
Otto Lederer Moisha Yudelson -
Robert Gordon Young Jakie Rabinowitz -
Richard Tucker Harry Lee - Yossele Rosenblatt Cantor Rosenblatt
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William Demarest Buster Billings (uncredited) -
John Miljan Host (uncredited) -
Roscoe Karns Agent (uncredited) -
Anders Randolf Dillings (uncredited)
Make it a double feature
2h 56m together
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