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The Jazz Singer(1927)
Status: Released
Date: 1927-10-06
61%
225 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Yiddish, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $422,000.00
Revenue: $2,600,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Jazz Singer
Top 10 Billed 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
William Demarest
Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan
Host (uncredited)
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