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The Jazz Singer (1927)
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The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. Director:Alan Crosland |
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| Al Jolson | ... | ||
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May McAvoy | ... | |
| Warner Oland | ... |
The Cantor
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Eugenie Besserer | ... | |
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Otto Lederer | ... | |
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Robert Gordon | ... |
Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13
(as Bobby Gordon)
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Richard Tucker | ... | |
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Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt | ... |
Himself - Concert Recital
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Storyline
Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations, men in the family have been Cantors in the synagogue, but Jakie is more interested in jazz and ragtime music. One day, they have such a bitter argument that Jakie leaves home for good. After a few years on his own, now calling himself Jack Robin, he gets an important opportunity through the help of well-known stage performer Mary Dale. But Jakie finds that in order to balance his career, his relationship with Mary, and his memories of his family, he will be forced to make some difficult choices. Written by Snow Leopard
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Jazzsänger See more »Box Office
Budget:
$422,000 (estimated)Gross:
$3,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Vitaphone)Color:
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1.33 : 1
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[first words in the first widely-seen talking picture]
Jack Robin: Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'! You wanna hear "Toot, Toot, Tootsie"? All right, hold on, hold on...
[walks back to one of the band members]
Jack Robin: Lou, listen. Play "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", three chorus, you understand. In the third chorus, I whistle. Now give it to 'em hard and heavy, go right ahead.
[band starts playing]
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(1894) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor
Played during the opening montage of the New York ghetto See more »
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Trivia
Warner Brothers quietly threw in the towel on the Vitaphone disk process in 1932. Not wanting to risk losing the disks, Warner Bros. had all of the Vitaphone sound for the film transferred to optical tracks on the side of the film itself in the 1930s. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene where the Cantor prepares to whip the 13-year old Jakie, the boy has three buttons conspicuously pinned to his shirt for most of the take. However in the shot where the cantor shoves him towards the bedroom, there are only two buttons. See more »Quotes
[first lines][first words in the first widely-seen talking picture]
Jack Robin: Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'! You wanna hear "Toot, Toot, Tootsie"? All right, hold on, hold on...
[walks back to one of the band members]
Jack Robin: Lou, listen. Play "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", three chorus, you understand. In the third chorus, I whistle. Now give it to 'em hard and heavy, go right ahead.
[band starts playing]
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Soundtracks
"The Sidewalks of New York"(1894) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor
Played during the opening montage of the New York ghetto See more »
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