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.
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Cast
- Al Jolson — Jakie Rabinowitz
- May McAvoy — Mary Dale
- Warner Oland — Cantor Rabinowitz
- Eugenie Besserer — Sara Rabinowitz
- Otto Lederer — Moisha Yudelson
- Robert Gordon — Young Jakie Rabinowitz
- Richard Tucker — Harry Lee
- Yossele Rosenblatt — Cantor Rosenblatt
- William Demarest — Buster Billings (uncredited)
- John Miljan — Host (uncredited)
- Roscoe Karns — Agent (uncredited)
- Anders Randolf — Dillings (uncredited)
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