The Jazz Singer
“Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.”
6.1(257)19271h 36mEN
Directed by Alan Crosland
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.
new york citydancerparent child relationshipsan francisco, californiajewish ghettogenerations conflictjewish lifeblack and whiteblackface
Budget $422.0KBox office $2.6M
Cast
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
William Demarest
Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan
Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
Agent (uncredited)
Anders Randolf
Dillings (uncredited)
