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The jazz singer [videorecording] / directed by Alan Crosland.

Contributor(s): Crosland, Alan [director.] | Raphaelson, Samson [writer.] | Jolson, Al [actor,, singer.] | McAvoy, May [actor.] | Oland, Warner [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Warner, 2007Description: 1 video disc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 cmSubject(s): Musical films
Contents:
Disc 1: Feature film - Al Jolson in a plantation act - An intimate dinner in celebration of Warner Bros. silver jubilee - I love to singa [cartoon short]. Disc 2: The dawn of sound - Gold diggers of Broadway excerpts - The voice from the screen - Finding his voice - The voice that thrilled the world - OK for sound - When the talkies were young.
Production credits: A film version of the play The jazz singer by Samson Raphaelson.Cast includes Al Jolson, May McAvoy and Warner Oland.Summary: A young Jewish boy is expected to follow in his father's footsteps as cantor for the synagogue. But Jakie loves jazz so much that he is already singing in a saloon. Then we meet Jakie as an adult and see his career take off.
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DVD DVD Paul Hamlyn Library Paul Hamlyn Library Floor 1 Mobile shelves 791.4372 JAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05938570
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Film originally released in 1927.

Disc 1: Feature film - Al Jolson in a plantation act - An intimate dinner in celebration of Warner Bros. silver jubilee - I love to singa [cartoon short]. Disc 2: The dawn of sound - Gold diggers of Broadway excerpts - The voice from the screen - Finding his voice - The voice that thrilled the world - OK for sound - When the talkies were young.

A film version of the play The jazz singer by Samson Raphaelson.

Cast includes Al Jolson, May McAvoy and Warner Oland.

A young Jewish boy is expected to follow in his father's footsteps as cantor for the synagogue. But Jakie loves jazz so much that he is already singing in a saloon. Then we meet Jakie as an adult and see his career take off.

DVD.

Languages on the film English and German; hearing impaired English and German; subtitles available in English, Castilian, Spanish, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Swedish.

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