Al Jolson
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Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Jolson in 1925
Al Jolson (1920s)
Poster for The Jazz Singer, 1927
Poster for Hallelujah, I'm a Bum with reissue title
Ruby Keeler
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Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian and American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street.
Al Jolson
…Ethel Delmar); the two were married in August 1922; she divorced Jolson in 1928. In the summer of 1928, Jolson met young tap dancer, and later actress, Ruby Keeler in Los Angeles (Jolson would claim it was at Texas Guinan's night club) and was dazzled by her on sight. Three weeks later, Jolson saw a production of…
Keeler in 1935
Newlyweds Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler aboard the Olympic in September 1928
Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street (1933)