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
The Jazz Singer
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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized
Jack and his mother (Eugenie Besserer)
Jack Robin on stage, in a publicity shot representing the film's final scene
A blackfaced Al Jolson starring in Robinson Crusoe, Jr.—the performance that inspired the story that led to the play that became the film The Jazz Singer