The Jazz Singer
movie
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
Released October 06, 1927
Overview
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.
Cast
Al Jolson
as
Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
as
Mary Dale
Warner Oland
as
Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
as
Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
as
Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon
as
Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker
as
Harry Lee
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Yossele Rosenblatt
as
Cantor Rosenblatt
William Demarest
as
Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan
as
Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
as
Agent (uncredited)
Anders Randolf
as
Dillings (uncredited)
Crew
Alan Crosland
as
Director
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Louis Silvers
as
Original Music Composer
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Hal Mohr
as
Director of Photography
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Harold McCord
as
Editor
Samson Raphaelson
as
Theatre Play
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Alfred A. Cohn
as
Adaptation
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Gordon Hollingshead
as
Assistant Director
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Alfred A. Cohn
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Screenplay
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Harvey Cunningham
as
Sound Engineer
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Nugent Slaughter
as
Special Effects