The Jazz Singer (1927)
October 6, 1927
Drama, Music
1h 29m
![Poster for The Jazz Singer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wr8Pt1GO87cwB3210TO3JTNDsUc.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Jazz Singer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/7B2b1qhbnWFzsRbMDBn0LMWWahI.jpg)
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
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 & Crew
- Director
- Alan Crosland
- Jakie Rabinowitz Al Jolson
- Mary Dale May McAvoy
- Cantor Rabinowitz Warner Oland
- Sara Rabinowitz Eugenie Besserer
- Moisha Yudelson Otto Lederer
- Young Jakie Rabinowitz Robert Gordon
- Harry Lee Richard Tucker
- Buster Billings (uncredited) William Demarest
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Keywords
- new york city
- dancer
- parent child relationship
- san francisco, california
- jewish ghetto
- generations conflict
- jewish life
- black and white
- blackface