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The Jazz Singer

Original title: The Jazz Singer

Year

1927

Rating

★ 6.1/10

Runtime

96 min

Genres

Drama, Music

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.

Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Yossele Rosenblatt