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1927 • 1h 29min • Passed • Drama, Music

The Jazz Singer

"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.

IMDb 6.4

RT 78%

MC 66

Director

Alan Crosland

Writers

Samson Raphaelson

Alfred A. Cohn

Composer

Louis Silvers

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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

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May McAvoy Mary Dale

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Eugenie Besserer Sara Rabinowitz

Otto Lederer Moisha Yudelson

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Richard Tucker Harry Lee

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