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The Jazz Singer (1927)

Film · 1927 · 96 min · Drama · Music

Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.

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

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

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In cinemas6 October 1927
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First release anywhere6 October 1927

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