The Jazz Singer (1927)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Alan Crosland
Genres : Drama, Music
Status : Released
Released : Oct 6, 1927
Tagline : Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
Length : 89 minutes
Cast
- Al Jolson
- May McAvoy
- Warner Oland
- Eugenie Besserer
- Otto Lederer
- Robert Gordon
- Richard Tucker
- Yossele Rosenblatt
- William Demarest
- John Miljan
- Roscoe Karns
- Anders Randolf
- Walter Rodgers
- Will Walling
- Ena Gregory
- Nat Carr
- Ernest Belcher
- Neely Edwards
- Audrey Ferris
- Leon Holmes
- Myrna Loy
- Jane Arden
- Ty Parvis
- Fred Warren
- Carolynne Snowden
- Violet Bird
- Joseph Green
- Claire Delmar
- Seymour Kupper
- Mary Grace Larsen
- Margaret Oliver
- Marie Stapleton
Crew
- Director : Alan Crosland
- Editor : Harold McCord
- Director of Photography : Hal Mohr
- Original Music Composer : Louis Silvers
- Theatre Play : Samson Raphaelson
- Assistant Director : Gordon Hollingshead
- Adaptation : Alfred A. Cohn
- Screenplay : Alfred A. Cohn
- Sound Engineer : Harvey Cunningham
- Special Effects : Nugent Slaughter