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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).
The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American musical drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Jerry Leider. The film stars Neil Diamond (in his acting debut), Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz, and tells the story of a young singer who is torn between tradition and pursuing his dreams as a pop singer. Based on the 1925 play of the same ...
A musical drama about a Jewish cantor's son who pursues his dream of becoming a jazz singer. The film features Al Jolson as the star and was the first feature-length movie with audible dialogue.
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- Drama, Music, Musical
- Alan Crosland
- 1928-02-04
Dec 19, 1980 · Neil Diamond stars as a Jewish cantor who wants to become a pop singer, defying his father and his wife. The film is a remake of the 1927 classic with Al Jolson, and features songs by Diamond and tributes to his idol.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie
- 1980-12-19
Apr 5, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Apr 5, 2024 • Article History. The Jazz Singer, American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. It marked the ascendancy of “ talkies ” and the end of the silent-film era.
- Lee Pfeiffer
YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 805. Neil Diamond adds his own distinctive sounds to the classic role of a young Jewish cantor on the verge of a dream. It's the story of a man...
A classic silent film about a Jewish cantor's son who pursues his dream of becoming a jazz singer. He faces a dilemma when his father falls ill and asks him to sing in the synagogue on Yom Kippur.
