The Jazz Singer (1927 film)

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The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.

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instanceOf American film
black-and-white film
film
musical drama film
basedOn The Day of Atonement (short story)
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surface form: The Jazz Singer (play)
cinematographyBy Hal Mohr
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alan Crosland
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Harold McCord
featuresSong Blue Skies
Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
Kol Nidre
My Mammy
Toot, Toot, Tootsie
filmFormat Vitaphone
surface form: Vitaphone sound-on-disc
filmSeries Vitaphone
surface form: Vitaphone sound films
genre drama film
musical film
hasTheme assimilation of Jewish immigrants in America
generational conflict
pursuit of show-business career
historicalSignificance early sound feature film
includedIn National Film Registry
languageOfSoundtrack English
leadActor Al Jolson
mainCharacter Jack Robin
Jakie Rabinowitz
musicBy Louis Silvers
notableFor first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences
marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema
originalLanguage English
portrays conflict between religious tradition and show business
portraysReligion Judaism
producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1927-10-06
releaseYear 1927
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Alfred A. Cohn
setInPeriod 1920s
starring Al Jolson
Eugenie Besserer
May McAvoy
Warner Oland
storyBy Samson Raphaelson

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The Jazz Singer (1980 film) basedOn The Jazz Singer (1927 film)