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The Jazz Singer
6.1
Released October 06, 1927Runtime 1h 29min

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.

Genres
  • Drama
  • Music
Production Companies
  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • The Vitaphone Corporation
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Finances
  • Budget: $422,000
  • Revenue: $2,600,000
  • Profit/Loss: $2,178,000
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Cast
posterAl JolsonJakie Rabinowitz
posterMay McAvoyMary Dale
posterWarner OlandCantor Rabinowitz
posterEugenie BessererSara Rabinowitz
posterOtto LedererMoisha Yudelson
posterRobert GordonYoung Jakie Rabinowitz
posterRichard TuckerHarry Lee
posterYossele RosenblattCantor Rosenblatt
posterWilliam DemarestBuster Billings (uncredited)
posterJohn MiljanHost (uncredited)
posterRoscoe KarnsAgent (uncredited)
posterAnders RandolfDillings (uncredited)
posterWalter RodgersMake-Up Man (uncredited)
posterWill WallingDoctor (uncredited)
posterEna Gregory(uncredited)
posterNat CarrLevi (uncredited)
posterErnest BelcherChoreographer (uncredited)
posterNeely EdwardsDance Director (uncredited)
posterAudrey FerrisChorus Girl (uncredited)
posterLeon HolmesMoey (uncredited)
posterMyrna LoyChorus Girl (uncredited)
posterJane ArdenSmall Part (uncredited)
posterTy ParvisBoy Singer (uncredited)
posterFred WarrenPianist (uncredited)
posterCarolynne SnowdenBackstage Maid (uncredited)
posterViolet Bird(uncredited)
posterJoseph Green(uncredited)
posterClaire Delmar(uncredited)
posterSeymour Kupper(uncredited)
posterMary Grace Larsen(uncredited)
posterMargaret Oliver(uncredited)
posterMarie Stapleton(uncredited)
Crew
posterAlan CroslandDirector
posterGordon HollingsheadAssistant Director
posterSamson RaphaelsonTheatre Play
posterAlfred A. CohnAdaptation
posterAlfred A. CohnScreenplay
posterLouis SilversOriginal Music Composer
posterHal MohrDirector of Photography
posterHarold McCordEditor
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