The Jazz Singer
“Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.”
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Synopsis
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)