Title: The Jazz Singer
Date: 1927
Type: Drama / Musical
Rating:
![4 Stars](../../images/4stars.jpg)
Colour: Black and White / Sound
Director: Alan Crosland
Producer:
Comment
A young Jewish boy (Al Jolson) rebels against his father who want him to follow him as a cantor so that he can have a career as a Jazz singer aided by a dancer (Mary McAvoy). This film is notable as being billed as the first talkie film, though most of it is a silent film with the sound being just a few bits of dialogue (including Jolson's catch phrase "you ain't heard nothing yet") and the songs.
Actors
![Al Jolson](../../actor/j_actor/j_actor_pictures/jolson_al_small.jpg)
May McAvoy
![Warner Oland](../../actor/o_actor/o_actor_pictures/oland_warner_small.jpg)
Eugenie Besserer
![](../../images/placeholder.jpg)
Bobby Gordon
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Oscars
Honory Award