The Jazz Singer1927
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
Director
Screenplay
Alfred A. Cohn
Actors
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, William Demarest, John Miljan, Roscoe Karns, Myrna Loy
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 96 Minutes
Genres
About the film
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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