The Singing Fool
6.0
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
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Cast
26 people
Al Jolson
Al Stone
Known for
The Jazz Singer
Betty Bronson
Grace
Known for
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Naked Kiss
Louis Silvers
Lloyd Bacon
C. Graham Baker
Josephine Dunn
Molly Winton
Known for
One Hour with You
Harold McCord
Arthur Housman
Blackie Joe
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Scram!
Joseph Jackson
Ralph Dawson
Reed Howes
John Perry
Also in
Paradise Canyon
The Dawn Rider
Byron Haskin
Lloyd Bacon Director · C. Graham Baker Writer Louis Silvers Composer
Worldwide gross $5.9M · Budget $388K · United States release September 29, 1928
Box office
Budget
$388,000
Worldwide gross
$5,916,000
Gross vs. budget
15.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Warner Bros.
Production · Distribution
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
Poland · September 27, 1927
Kino Splendid, Warszawa
United States · September 29, 1928
Theatrical · Sound version
United States
September 19, 1928 · Premiere · New York City; sound version
January 1, 1929 · Theatrical · Silent version
Argentina
August 14, 1930 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 3, 1930 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 6, 1929 · Prague
Denmark
August 17, 1929 · Theatrical
Finland
September 19, 1929 · Theatrical
France
December 29, 1929 · Theatrical
Germany
June 3, 1929 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 20, 1929 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 19, 1929 · Theatrical
Japan
April 11, 1930 · Theatrical
Norway
September 18, 1929 · Theatrical
Philippines
March 14, 1930 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 12, 1930 · Theatrical
Slovenia
February 27, 1930 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 2, 1929 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 9, 1928 · Theatrical · London
XC
December 6, 1929 · Theatrical
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