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Director: Alan Crosland
Genre: Showbiz Drama, Family Drama, Drama
Release Date: October 06, 1927 (USA)
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Summary:
On the verge of receivership in 1926, Warner Bros. studio decides to risk its future by investing in the Vitaphone sound system. Warners' first Vitaphone release, Don Juan, was a silent film accompanied by music and sound effects. The studio took the Vitaphone process one step farther in its 1927 adaptation of the Samson Raphaelson Broadway hit The... Full Summary >>


Cast:
Al Jolson - (Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin))
May McAvoy - (Mary Dale)
Warner Oland - (Cantor Rabinowitz)
Eugénie Besserer - (Sara Rabinowitz)
William Demarest - (Buster Billings)
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Review:
Contrary to popular belief, The Jazz Singer was not the first "talkie" -- not even by a long shot. Attempts to synchronize motion pictures and phonographic devices had begun with Thomas Edison, and th ... Continue >>

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