The Singing Fool (1928 film)

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American film film musical drama film sound film

The Singing Fool (1928 film) is an early sound musical drama starring Al Jolson that helped popularize talkies and featured the hit song "Sonny Boy."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ musical drama film ⓘ sound film ⓘ
basedOn	story by Al Jolson ⓘ
boxOfficeStatus	major commercial success ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Lee Garmes ⓘ
colorProcess	black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Lloyd Bacon ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Harold McLernon ⓘ
era	Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ surface form: pre-Code Hollywood
featuresSong	I’m Sitting on Top of the World ⓘ Sonny Boy ⓘ There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder ⓘ
follows	The Jazz Singer (1927 film) ⓘ surface form: The Jazz Singer
format	part-talkie ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ musical ⓘ
hasFilmPoster	theatrical release poster ⓘ
hasTheme	fame and personal loss ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 1920s American cinema ⓘ
languageOfSong	English ⓘ
leadActor	Al Jolson ⓘ
musicBy	Louis Silvers ⓘ
notableFor	early sound musical drama ⓘ featuring the hit song Sonny Boy ⓘ helping popularize talking pictures ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	A singing waiter rises to fame but suffers personal tragedy involving his young son, Sonny Boy. ⓘ
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate	September 19, 1928 ⓘ
releaseYear	1928 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	102 ⓘ
screenwriter	Alfred A. Cohn ⓘ Jack Yellen ⓘ Jules Furthman ⓘ
setIn	New York City ⓘ
soundSystem	Vitaphone ⓘ
starring	Al Jolson ⓘ Arthur Housman ⓘ Betty Bronson ⓘ Davey Lee ⓘ Josephine Dunn ⓘ
starsAsCharacter	Al Jolson as Al Stone ⓘ

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