The Jazz Singer (1927)

1927 · Silent film · 96 min · dir. Alan Crosland

Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.

• Drama
• Music

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

Alan Crosland

Writer

Alfred A. Cohn

Composer

Louis Silvers

Cinematography

Hal Mohr

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Released

1927-10-06

Running time

96 minutes

Cast & crew

• Alan Crosland Director
• Al Jolson
• May McAvoy
• Warner Oland
• Eugenie Besserer
• Otto Lederer
• Robert Gordon
• Richard Tucker
• YYossele Rosenblatt

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