The Jazz Singer
About The Jazz Singer
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.
The Jazz Singer (1927) is a music film directed by Alan Crosland. The film is filed under dancer, generations conflict, jewish ghetto, and blackface.
Al Jolson appears as Jakie Rabinowitz, May McAvoy as Mary Dale, Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz, and Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz. At 96 minutes long, it arrived in October 1927.
The screenplay is by Alfred A. Cohn. In the United States it streams on Artiflix.
Frances Ha, Miracle on 34th Street, and Shiva Baby make useful companions to The Jazz Singer, all filed under black and white and new york city. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 259 votes.