The Jazz Singer (1927)
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.
GENRES:
Drama • Music
DIRECTION:
Alan Crosland
Cast & Characters
| Al Jolson | Jakie Rabinowitz |
| May McAvoy | Mary Dale |
| Warner Oland | Cantor Rabinowitz |
| Eugenie Besserer | Sara Rabinowitz |
| Otto Lederer | Moisha Yudelson |
| Richard Tucker | Harry Lee |
| Robert Gordon | Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13 |
| William Demarest | Buster Billings |
| Yossele Rosenblatt | Cantor Rosenblatt - Concert Recital |
| Roscoe Karns | Agent |
| Jane Arden | Small Part (uncredited) |
| Myrna Loy | Chorus Girl |