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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: Directed by Alan Crosland. With Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer. The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
May 19, 2010 · The fantastic Al Jolson performing his signature tune 'Mammy' in the finale of the 1927 film 'The Jazz Singer' and yes, it's in blackface! Great performance. Written by Joe Young/Sam M....
Apr 5, 2024 · The Jazz Singer. Al Jolson and Eugenie Besserer in The Jazz Singer (1927), directed by Alan Crosland. On Yom Kippur, cantor Rabinowitz (played by Warner Oland) looks forward to when his 13-year-old son, Jakie (Robert Gordon), will succeed him at the synagogue.
May 18, 2010 · Al Jolson performing 'Blue Skies' (written by Irving Berlin) in the 1927 film 'The Jazz Singer' - credited as the first feature-length 'talkie'. This clip is the final 'sound on camera'...
Al Jolson stars in the title role, the Jewish cantor's son who would rather sing on stage than in temple. Clashing repeatedly with his father (Warner Oland) ...
An in-depth look at 'The Jazz Singer,' the first film with synchronized sound, with history and clips.
Can you imagine what it was like to sit in a theatre seventy years ago and marvel at a "talking picture"? Now you can share in that wonder, as we bring you a video film clip from The Jazz Singer, the seminal film that changed, forever, the movie industry.
Audiences were wildly enthusiastic when America's favorite jazz singer and superstar Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in 1886, not the first choice for the role, and played onstage by George Jessel) broke into song, ad-libbed extemporaneously with his mother at the piano, and proclaimed the famous line to introduce a musical number:
Jan 14, 2020 · When The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was released as a feature-length movie on October 6, 1927, it was the first movie that included dialogue and music on the filmstrip itself. Adding Sounds to Film. Before The Jazz Singer, there were silent films. Despite their name, these films were not silent for they were accompanied by music.
