The Jazz Singer

1927·89'

Alan Crosland

DramaMusic

English

Letterboxd TMDB #939

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.

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)