Disambiguation evidence for The Singing Fool (1928 film) via surface form

"The Singing Fool"


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Predicate Object
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
featuresSong Sonny Boy
featuresSong There’s a Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder
follows The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
surface form: The Jazz Singer
format part-talkie
genre drama
genre musical
hasFilmPoster theatrical release poster
hasTheme fame and personal loss
hasTheme father–son relationship
historicalPeriod late 1920s American cinema
instanceOf American film
instanceOf film
instanceOf musical drama film
instanceOf sound film
languageOfSong English
leadActor Al Jolson
musicBy Louis Silvers
notableFor early sound musical drama
notableFor featuring the hit song Sonny Boy
notableFor 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
screenwriter Jack Yellen
screenwriter Jules Furthman
setIn New York City
soundSystem Vitaphone
starring Al Jolson
starring Arthur Housman
starring Betty Bronson
starring Davey Lee
starring Josephine Dunn
starsAsCharacter Al Jolson as Al Stone