Dr. Kildare
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When Columbia was preparing a screen biography of Al Jolson, many big-name stars were considered for the title role, including James Cagney and Danny Thomas (both of whom turned it down), but resident contractee Larry Parks was reportedly the first actor to be interviewed. Parks impressed the producers and won the role.
Jan 4, 2022 · Al sang this song as a teenage... "Ma Blushin Rosie" is the first number featured in the "Jolson Story", with Jolson singing and Larry Parks mouthing the words.
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The Jolson Story: Directed by Alfred E. Green. With Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin. This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz.
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- 1946-10-10
August 25, 1968. Twenty years after he starred in "The Jolson Story," Larry Parks still meets people like the cab driver who took him to the theater the other day. Parks and his wife, Betty Garrett, got into the cab and the driver said, "Say, aren't you Larry Parks? I saw you in the Jolson picture." "He had a hell of a Jolson imitation," Parks ...
The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson.It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.
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Interview with Larry Parks. Roger Ebert August 25, 1968. Tweet. Twenty years after he starred in "The Jolson Story," Larry Parks still meets people like the cab driver who took him to the theater the other day. Parks and his wife, Betty Garrett, got into the cab and the driver said, "Say, aren't you Larry Parks? I saw you in the Jolson picture."
