The Jazz Singer
Drama | Music
6.1
Release Date
October 6, 1927
Duration
89 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Jakie Rabinowitz
Al Jolson
Mary Dale
May McAvoy
Cantor Rabinowitz
Warner Oland
Sara Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
Moisha Yudelson
Otto Lederer
Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Robert Gordon
Harry Lee
Richard Tucker
Cantor Rosenblatt
Yossele Rosenblatt
Buster Billings (uncredited)
William Demarest
Host (uncredited)
John Miljan
Agent (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
Dillings (uncredited)
Anders Randolf
Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers
Doctor (uncredited)
Will Walling
(uncredited)
Ena Gregory
Levi (uncredited)
Nat Carr
Choreographer (uncredited)
Ernest Belcher
Dance Director (uncredited)
Neely Edwards
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Audrey Ferris
Moey (uncredited)
Leon Holmes
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Myrna Loy
Small Part (uncredited)
Jane Arden
Boy Singer (uncredited)
Ty Parvis
Pianist (uncredited)
Fred Warren
Backstage Maid (uncredited)
Carolynne Snowden
(uncredited)
Violet Bird
(uncredited)
Joseph Green
(uncredited)
Claire Delmar
(uncredited)
Seymour Kupper
(uncredited)
Mary Grace Larsen
(uncredited)
Margaret Oliver
(uncredited)
Marie Stapleton
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