The Jazz Singer

6.1
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Run time: 89 min
  • Premiere: 1927. October 6.

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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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)

Walter Rodgers

Make-Up Man (uncredited)

Will Walling

Doctor (uncredited)

Ena Gregory

(uncredited)

Nat Carr

Levi (uncredited)

Ernest Belcher

Choreographer (uncredited)

Neely Edwards

Dance Director (uncredited)

Audrey Ferris

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Leon Holmes

Moey (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Jane Arden

Small Part (uncredited)

Ty Parvis

Boy Singer (uncredited)

Fred Warren

Pianist (uncredited)

Carolynne Snowden

Backstage Maid (uncredited)

Violet Bird

(uncredited)

Joseph Green

(uncredited)

Claire Delmar

(uncredited)

Seymour Kupper

(uncredited)

Mary Grace Larsen

(uncredited)

Margaret Oliver

(uncredited)

Marie Stapleton

(uncredited)

Camera

Hal Mohr

Director of Photography

Directing

Alan Crosland

Director

Gordon Hollingshead

Assistant Director

Editing

Sound

Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer

Harvey Cunningham

Sound Engineer

Writing

Samson Raphaelson

Theatre Play

Alfred A. Cohn

Adaptation

Alfred A. Cohn

Screenplay

Camera

Hal Mohr

Director of Photography

Directing

Alan Crosland

Director

Gordon Hollingshead

Assistant Director

Editing

Sound

Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer

Harvey Cunningham

Sound Engineer

Writing

Samson Raphaelson

Theatre Play

Alfred A. Cohn

Adaptation

Alfred A. Cohn

Screenplay