Rent The Jazz Singer (1927)
3.4 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 25min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When "The Jazz Singer" was released in theatres, the future of Hollywood changed. For the first time in a feature film, an actor spoke on screen, stunning audiences and leaving the silent era behind. Al Jolson was the history-making actor, playing the son of a Jewish cantor who must defy his rabbi father in order to pursue his dream of being in show business.
- Actors:
- Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt, Jane Arden, Ernest Belcher, Violet Bird, Nat Carr, Claire Delmar, William Demarest, Neely Edwards, Audrey Ferris, Joseph Green, Ena Gregory, Leon Holmes, Roscoe Karns
- Directors:
- Alan Crosland
- Producers:
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Writers:
- Samson Raphaelson, Alfred A. Cohn, Jack Jarmuth
- Others:
- Alfred Cohn
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/01/2013
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, Polish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Polish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by film historian Ron Hutchinson and band leader Vince Giordano
- Rare cartoon and collection of shorts: 'I Love to Singa', 'Hollywood Handicap', 'A Day at Santa Anita', 'Al Jolson in A Plantation Act'
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. ' Silver Jubilee
- 1947 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Al Jolson (audio only)
- Theatrical Trailer
