Directed by:
Alan CroslandCinematography:
Hal MohrComposer:
Louis SilversCast:
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Myrna Loy, William Demarest, Roscoe Karns, Fred Warren (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
When The Jazz Singer was released in theatres, the future of Hollywood changed. For the first time in a feature film, an actor spoke on screen, stunning audiences and leaving the silent era behind. Al Jolson was the history-making actor, playing the son of a Jewish cantor who must defy his rabbi father in order to pursue his dream of being in show business. Now remastered and restored for hi-def, the whole story can be seen (and heard) here. It is more than just history it is pure entertainment! (Warner Bros. AU)
(more)Cast
![Al Jolson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268017_b4add0.jpg)
Al Jolson
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Wilson (1944) - a.f.
The Jazz Singer (1927)
![May McAvoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276800_0cbef4.jpg)
May McAvoy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
![Warner Oland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496838_390adc.jpg)
Warner Oland
Sweden
Best movies:
Dishonored (1931)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Werewolf of London (1935)
![Eugenie Besserer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893468_26f39a.jpg)
Eugenie Besserer
USA
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Scarface (1932)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
![Otto Lederer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893466_1cbaec.jpg)
Otto Lederer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Robert Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
![Richard Tucker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443415_281b5f.jpg)
Richard Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Wings (1927)
Test Pilot (1938)
![Myrna Loy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268041_8f3334.jpg)
Myrna Loy
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![William Demarest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496828_42ab7f.jpg)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Roscoe Karns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538484_8831d7.jpg)
Roscoe Karns
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Wings (1927)
Fred Warren
USA
Best movies:
Come and Get It (1936)
Go West (1940)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
![Anders Randolf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/545/160545324_6feffe.jpg)
Anders Randolf
Denmark
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
The Viking (1928)
4 Devils (1928)
Nat Carr
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
Walter Rodgers
USA
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
The Iron Horse (1924)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
![John Miljan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496802_f6e790.jpg)
John Miljan
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
If I Were King (1938)
Juarez (1939)
Will Walling
USA
Best movies:
The Iron Horse (1924)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)