Film · Drama, Music
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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.
- Director
- Alan Crosland
- Writers
- Samson Raphaelson, Alfred A. Cohn
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 6, 1927
Cast
Al JolsonJakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoyMary Dale
Warner OlandCantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie BessererSara Rabinowitz
Otto LedererMoisha Yudelson
Robert GordonYoung Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard TuckerHarry Lee- Yossele RosenblattCantor Rosenblatt
William DemarestBuster Billings (uncredited)
John MiljanHost (uncredited)
Roscoe KarnsAgent (uncredited)
Anders RandolfDillings (uncredited)
Walter RodgersMake-Up Man (uncredited)
Will WallingDoctor (uncredited)
Ena Gregory(uncredited)
Nat CarrLevi (uncredited)- Ernest BelcherChoreographer (uncredited)
Neely EdwardsDance Director (uncredited)
Audrey FerrisChorus Girl (uncredited)- Leon HolmesMoey (uncredited)
