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The Jazz Singer

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

1927 · 1h 36m

Directed by Alan Crosland

6.1

TMDB audience score
266 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • 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)

  • Ernest Belcher
    Choreographer (uncredited)

  • Neely Edwards
    Dance Director (uncredited)