The Jazz Singer
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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 Jazz Singer, incorporati... Full Summary >>
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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 the equally industrious if somewhat less successful Lee De Forrest had come pretty darn close to changing the picture business back in the earl... Continue >>
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