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6.9/10   269 votes
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Director:
Henry Levin
Writer:
Sidney Buchman (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 August 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Music more
Plot:
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Jolson Sings Again-He Could Go on Singing **** more (11 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Larry Parks ... Al Jolson / Himself
Barbara Hale ... Ellen Clark
William Demarest ... Steve Martin
Ludwig Donath ... Cantor Yoelson
Bill Goodwin ... Tom Baron
Myron McCormick ... Ralph Bryant
Tamara Shayne ... Moma Yoelson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gertrude Astor ... (uncredited)
Steve Benton ... (uncredited)
Peter Brocco ... Head Waiter (uncredited)
Michael Cisney ... Writer (uncredited)
Dick Cogan ... Soldier (uncredited)

Bing Crosby ... Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Ben Erway ... Writer (uncredited)
Philip Faulkner Jr. ... Sound Mixer (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga ... Mr. Estrada (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert ... (uncredited)
Dick Gordon ... (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... On-stage extra (uncredited)
Betty Hill ... Bit Part (uncredited)
David Horsley ... (uncredited)
Louise Illington ... (uncredited)

Al Jolson ... Himself (uncredited) (singing voice)
Robert Emmett Keane ... Charlie (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh ... Theater Manager (uncredited)
Jock Mahoney ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Eleanor Marvak ... (uncredited)

Frank McClure ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Helen Mowery ... Script Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen ... Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
David Newell ... (uncredited)
Charles Perry ... (uncredited)
Wanda Perry ... (uncredited)
Charles Regan ... (uncredited)
Marjorie Stapp ... Nurse (uncredited)
Morris Stoloff ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ... Henry (uncredited)
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Directed by
Henry Levin 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Sidney Buchman  writer

Produced by
Sidney Buchman .... producer
 
Original Music by
George Duning 
 
Cinematography by
William E. Snyder  (as William Snyder)
 
Film Editing by
William A. Lyon  (as William Lyon)
 
Art Direction by
Walter Holscher 
 
Set Decoration by
William Kiernan 
 
Costume Design by
Jean Louis 
 
Makeup Department
Clay Campbell .... makeup artist
Helen Hunt .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Jack Fier .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Feldman .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
George Cooper .... sound
Philip Faulkner Jr. .... sound (as Philip Faulkner)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Fayte M. Browne .... camera operator (as Fayte Browne)
George Hager .... gaffer
Walter Meins .... grip
Homer Van Pelt .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Lawrence W. Butler .... montage
 
Music Department
Saul Chaplin .... music advisor
Larry Russell .... orchestrations
Morris Stoloff .... musical director
 
Other crew
Audrene Brier .... choreographer
Francis Cugat .... associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus .... technicolor color director
Frances McDowell .... script supervisor
Gertrude Bank .... stand-in: Barbara Hale (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Sidney Buchman Enterprises more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film was the number-one moneymaker of 1949. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Jolson's third wife's name was not Ellen Clark, but Erle Chennault Galbraith. more
Quotes:
Ellen Clark: [leaving room] My! We'll soon be smart as pigs! more
Movie Connections:
Follows The Jolson Story (1946) more
Soundtrack:
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Jolson Sings Again-He Could Go on Singing ****, 13 December 2007
9/10
Author: edwagreen from United States

Wonderful sequel to the 1946 film. Larry Parks, William Demarest and several others repeated their parts from the original.

The film picks up exactly where the original had ended. Disgusted with his life, Jolson (Parks) walks out on his show business career and for several years travels, dabbles with horses and lives a real care-free life.

With the death of his mother, (Tamara Shayne-who really doesn't look or act too Jewish at all), Jolson embarks on a tour for services until illness ends that.

There is a nice performance by Barbara Hale (the future Della Street) as the southern nurse that he marries. Hale has just the right Arkansas twang in her speech to carry it off.

When illness follows him, Jolson withdraws from entertaining fearing that his lung operation has affected his voice. He also feels that no one is really interested in him anymore. Unfortunately, the latter is true.

It is only when his life story is made into a motion picture that he makes a genuine come back.

Parks is absolutely amazing as Jolson. Though Al sang, Parks does a brilliant job of dubbing. His mannerisms are so easily identified as those of Al Jolson.

Ludwig Donath plays Jolson's cantor father. O my, a cantor eating in a non-kosher restaurant. What were the Hollywood writers thinking?

Just hearing Jolson belt out his usual great tunes is great in itself. Entertaining and wonderful to view.

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