The Jazz Singer (1927)

Name: The Jazz Singer
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1927-10-06
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer

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.

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Released 1927-10-06 · 96 min · Drama, Music

Directed by Alan Crosland

Cast

Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy as Mary Dale
Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker as Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt as Cantor Rosenblatt
William Demarest as Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan as Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns as Agent (uncredited)
Anders Randolf as Dillings (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers as Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Will Walling as Doctor (uncredited)
Ena Gregory as (uncredited)