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The Jazz Singer

Name: The Jazz Singer
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1927-10-06
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.107

★ 6,1 /10 (256 Votes)

1927 EN 96 min

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.

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Release date

06/10/1927

Votes

256

Popularity

2.5

Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.

Genres

Drama Music

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

96 min

Budget

$422,000

Revenue

$2,600,000

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

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Yossele Rosenblatt

Cantor Rosenblatt

William Demarest

Buster Billings (uncredited)

John Miljan

Host (uncredited)

Roscoe Karns

Agent (uncredited)

Anders Randolf

Dillings (uncredited)

Walter Rodgers

Make-Up Man (uncredited)

Will Walling

Doctor (uncredited)

Ena Gregory

(uncredited)

Nat Carr

Levi (uncredited)

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Ernest Belcher

Choreographer (uncredited)

Neely Edwards

Dance Director (uncredited)

Audrey Ferris

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Leon Holmes

Moey (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Jane Arden

Small Part (uncredited)

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Ty Parvis

Boy Singer (uncredited)

Fred Warren

Pianist (uncredited)

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Carolynne Snowden

Backstage Maid (uncredited)

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Violet Bird

(uncredited)

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Joseph Green

(uncredited)

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Claire Delmar

(uncredited)

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Seymour Kupper

(uncredited)

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Mary Grace Larsen

(uncredited)

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Margaret Oliver

(uncredited)

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Marie Stapleton

(uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Al Jolson's "Jakie" is to be the sixth in a line of cantors from the Rabinowitz family. He has a fine voice and some musical talent - he just wants to take them to Broadway instead of to the synagogue. His father (Warner Oland) is horrified, his mother (Eugenie Besserer) disappointed but he still decides to follow his star! He loves the music of the 1920s - jazz, ragtime, swing - and changing his name to "Jack Robin" and after a decade of slogging, and travelling the world, manages to enlist the help of established star "Mary Dale" (May McAvoy) and look set to get his very own "Follies" show o…

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