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.
- 6.1
- 1927
- Released
- 1h 29m
Al Jolson
Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
Mary Dale
Warner Oland
Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
Moisha Yudelson
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)Claire Delmar
(uncredited)Seymour Kupper
(uncredited)Mary Grace Larsen
(uncredited)Margaret Oliver
(uncredited)Marie Stapleton
(uncredited)
Released
en
$422,000.00
$2,600,000.00
- #new york city
- #dancer
- #parent child relationship
- #san francisco, california
- #jewish ghetto
- #generations conflict
- #jewish life
- #black and white
- #blackface
Reviews
Al Jolson's "Jakie" is to be the sixth in a line of cantors from the Rabinowitz family. He has a fine voice and some musical talent - he just wants to take them to Broadway instead of to the synagogue. His father (Warner Oland) is horrified, his mother (Eugenie Besserer) disappointed but he still decides to follow his star! He loves the music of the 1920s - jazz, ragtime, swing - and changing his