The Jazz Singer
“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.
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Cast
32 people
Al Jolson
Jakie Rabinowitz
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May McAvoy
Mary Dale
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Warner Oland
Cantor Rabinowitz
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Eugenie Besserer
Sara Rabinowitz
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Otto Lederer
Moisha Yudelson
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Robert Gordon
Young Jakie Rabinowitz
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Richard Tucker
Harry Lee
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Yossele Rosenblatt
Cantor Rosenblatt
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The Voice of Israel
William Demarest
Buster Billings (uncredited)
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John Miljan
Host (uncredited)
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Roscoe Karns
Agent (uncredited)
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Anders Randolf
Dillings (uncredited)
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Alan Crosland Director · Alfred A. Cohn Screenplay Samson Raphaelson Author
Worldwide gross $2.6M · Budget $422K · United States release October 6, 1927
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Budget
$422,000
Worldwide gross
$2,600,000
Gross vs. budget
6.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish · Yiddish
Release dates
Canada · October 6, 1927
Theatrical
United States · October 6, 1927
Theatrical · New York
Austria
January 1, 1929 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 16, 1929 · Theatrical · IMDB
Hungary
March 17, 1930 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 3, 1929 · Theatrical
Japan
August 21, 1930 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 6, 1927 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 6, 1927 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
September 27, 1928 · Limited theatrical · London, silent version
February 4, 1929 · Theatrical · Sound version
February 4, 1988 · Physical · VHS
October 18, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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