The Jazz Singer (1927)
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
88 min
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.
- Release date
- October 6, 1927
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $422,000
- Box office
- $2,600,000
Trailer
Cast
- Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz
- May McAvoy as Mary Dale
- Warner Oland as The Cantor
- Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz
- Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson
- Robert Gordon as Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13
- Richard Tucker as Harry Lee
- Yossele Rosenblatt as Cantor Rosenblatt - Concert Recital
- Charlene Aber as Chorus Girl
- Arline Abers as Chorus Girl
Crew
- Alan Crosland · Director
- Samson Raphaelson · Writer
- Alfred A. Cohn · Writer
- Jack Jarmuth · Writer
- Hal Mohr · Cinematographer
- Harold McCord · Editor