The Jazz Singer (1927)
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
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.
Read the The Jazz Singer feature →- Budget
- $422K
- Box office
- $2.6M
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Top billed cast
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Al Jolson
Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
Mary Dale
Warner Oland
Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon
Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker
Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt
Cantor Rosenblatt
Jane Arden
(uncredited)
Ernest Belcher
Choreographer (uncredited)
Violet Bird
(uncredited)
Nat Carr
Levi (uncredited)
Keywords
San francisco, californiaNew york cityParent child relationshipDancerBlack and whiteJewish lifeJewish ghettoGenerations conflict
