The Jazz Singer
1927/10/06 (US) | Drama, Music
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.
Alan Crosland
Director
Alfred A. Cohn
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 422,000
Revenue
$ 2,600,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- The Vitaphone Corporation
Crews
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Harold McCord
Editor
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer
Alfred A. Cohn
Adaptation
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Samson Raphaelson
Theatre Play