The Jazz Singer
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: 1927-10-06
Drama
Music
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Casts
Al Jolson
as Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
as Mary Dale
Warner Oland
as Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
as Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
as Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon
as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker
as Harry Lee
William Demarest
as Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan
as Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
as Agent (uncredited)
