The jazz singer [videorecording] / directed by Alan Crosland.
Material type: FilmPublication details: Warner, 2007Description: 1 video disc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 cmSubject(s): Musical filmsItem type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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DVD | Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 1 Mobile shelves | 791.4372 JAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05938570 |
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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