The Jazz Singer (1929)
January 1, 1929Release Date
The Jazz Singer (1929)
January 1, 1929Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
![Al Jolson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48395-al-jolson.webp)
Al Jolson
Jakie Rabinowitz
![May McAvoy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25235-may-mcavoy.webp)
May McAvoy
Mary Dale
![Warner Oland](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9168-warner-oland.webp)
Warner Oland
The Cantor
![Eugenie Besserer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48396-eugenie-besserer.webp)
Eugenie Besserer
Sara Rabinowitz
![Otto Lederer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48397-otto-lederer.webp)
Otto Lederer
Moisha Yudelson
![Robert Gordon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48398-robert-gordon.webp)
Robert Gordon
Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13
![Richard Tucker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22433-richard-tucker.webp)
Richard Tucker
Harry Lee
![Yossele Rosenblatt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yossele Rosenblatt
Cantor Rosenblatt - Concert Recital
![William Demarest](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25647-william-demarest.webp)
William Demarest
Buster Billings (uncredited)
![John Miljan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19314-john-miljan.webp)
John Miljan
Host (uncredited)
![Roscoe Karns](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22436-roscoe-karns.webp)
Roscoe Karns
Agent (uncredited)
![Alan Crosland](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48399-alan-crosland.webp)
Alan Crosland
Director
![Anders Randolf](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10262-anders-randolf.webp)
Anders Randolf
Dillings (uncredited)
![Walter Rodgers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/136732-walter-rodgers.webp)
Walter Rodgers
Make-Up Man (uncredited)
![Samson Raphaelson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/418600-samson-raphaelson.webp)
Samson Raphaelson
Writer
![Will Walling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/223039-will-walling.webp)
Will Walling
Doctor (uncredited)
![Alfred A. Cohn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/425090-alfred-a-cohn.webp)
Alfred A. Cohn
Writer
![Jack Jarmuth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Jarmuth
Writer
![Ena Gregory](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/104354-ena-gregory.webp)
Ena Gregory
(uncredited)
![Nat Carr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/201903-nat-carr.webp)
Nat Carr
Levi (uncredited)
![Hal Mohr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/511285-hal-mohr.webp)
Hal Mohr
Cinematographer
![Ernest Belcher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ernest Belcher
Choreographer (uncredited)
![Harold McCord](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harold McCord
Editor
![Neely Edwards](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/241876-neely-edwards.webp)
Neely Edwards
Dance Director (uncredited)
![Audrey Ferris](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/111153-audrey-ferris.webp)
Audrey Ferris
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
![Leon Holmes](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Leon Holmes
Moey (uncredited)
![Myrna Loy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4562-myrna-loy.webp)
Myrna Loy
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
![Jane Arden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jane Arden
Small Part (uncredited)
![Ty Parvis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ty Parvis
Boy Singer (uncredited)
![Fred Warren](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred Warren
Pianist (uncredited)
![Carolynne Snowden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carolynne Snowden
Backstage Maid (uncredited)
![Violet Bird](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Violet Bird
(uncredited)
![Joseph Green](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Green
(uncredited)
![Claire Delmar](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Claire Delmar
(uncredited)
![Seymour Kupper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Seymour Kupper
(uncredited)
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Mary Grace Larsen
(uncredited)
![Margaret Oliver](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Margaret Oliver
(uncredited)
![Marie Stapleton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marie Stapleton
(uncredited)
![Louis Silvers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1214734-louis-silvers.webp)
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer
![Gordon Hollingshead](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1929
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Budget$422,000
Box Office$2,600,000
Filming LocationsSunset Bronson Studios · Old Warner Brothers Studio, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences). Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, featuring six songs performed by Al Jolson. Based on the 1925 play of the same title by Samson Raphaelson, the plot was adapted from his short story "The Day of Atonement".
The film depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden, he is punished by his father, a hazzan (cantor), prompting Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer, performing in blackface. He attempts to build a career as an entertainer, but his professional ambitions ultimately come into conflict with the demands of his home and heritage.
Darryl F. Zanuck won an Academy Honorary Award for producing the film; Alfred A. Cohn was nominated for Best Writing (Adaptation) at the 1st Academy Awards. In 1996, The Jazz Singer was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 1998, the film was chosen in voting conducted by the American Film Institute as one of the best American films of all time, ranking at number ninety. The film's copyright expired on January 1, 2023, when all works published in the U.S. in 1927 entered the public domain.
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