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Overview

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6.8/10   2,672 votes
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Director:
Alan Crosland
Writers:
Samson Raphaelson (play)
Alfred A. Cohn (adaptation)
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Release Date:
1929 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
WARNER BROS. Supreme Triumph ! ! ! more
Plot:
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more
User Comments:
a film boosted by its legendary historical status more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Al Jolson ... Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin)
May McAvoy ... Mary Dale
Warner Oland ... Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer ... Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer ... Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon ... Jakie Rabinowitz (age 13) (as Bobby Gordon)
Richard Tucker ... Harry Lee
Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt ... Himself (concert recital)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Vitaphone

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Trivia:
This movie was referenced in the MGM classic Singin' in the Rain (1952) starring Gene Kelly. Coincidentally, Warner Bros. released a remake of this film starring Danny Thomas that same year, The Jazz Singer (1952). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Before the dress rehearsal "Jakie" applies black face and he misses a portion on the upper right forehead. He dons the wig which covers the white spot. After he returns from the dress rehearsal and removes the wig, there is no white spot. It is covered with black face. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[first words in the first widely-seen talking picture]
Jack Robin: Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'! You wanna hear "Toot, Toot, Tootsie"? All right, hold on, hold on...
[walks back to one of the band members]
Jack Robin: Lou, listen. Play "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", three chorus, you understand. In the third chorus, I whistle. Now give it to 'em hard and heavy, go right ahead.
[band starts playing]
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Featured in Shepperton Babylon (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Mother of Mine, I Still Have You more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
a film boosted by its legendary historical status, 11 September 2004
8/10
Author: strezise from Dublin, Ireland

Whatever might be the shortcomings of this famous film, it is an uncanny experience to visit it from time to time. As we know, although it's the first 'talki' it's mostly a silent movie with all that entails. Nevertheless, those moments when sound and image are synchronised, often just for one side of the disc used for the soundtrack, are electrifying. The heat is turned up by the fact that Al Jolson improvised some of his lines, much to the horror of his stage mother. And besides, the tale of the errant son making good in the big lights is affecting. The music is superb, and we are rewarded by some haunintg evocations of the Jewish cantor tradition. I love the film.

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