Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
Overview
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.2/10
IMDb: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 66
TMDB: 6.1/10
Director
Alan Crosland
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Cast
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Yossele Rosenblatt, William Demarest, John Miljan, Roscoe Karns, Anders Randolf, Walter Rodgers, Will Walling, Ena Gregory, Nat Carr, Ernest Belcher, Neely Edwards, Audrey Ferris, Leon Holmes