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- Starring: Al Jolson, Warner Oland, May McAvoy, Eugenie Besserer
- Rating: Not Rated
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- 2 Release Date: 01/08/2013
- Label: Warner Home Video
The Jazz Singer [1927] (BLU)
Alan Crosland
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3-Disc, 90th Anniversary Digibook.
When The Jazz Singer was released in theaters, 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 must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of being in show business. Now remastered and restored for hi-def and presented with a massive Blu-ray book. The whole story can been seen (and heard) here. It's more than just history - it's pure entertainment!
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Product Details
- Starring: Al Jolson, Warner Oland, May McAvoy, Eugenie Besserer
- Format: NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Warner Home Video
- Release Date: 01/08/2013
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Catalogue #: 330127
Special Features
- Commentary by film historians Ron Hutchinson (founder of The Vitaphone Project) and Vince Giordano
- Collection of vintage cartoons and shorts: “Al Jolson in ‘A Plantation Act’“ - 1926 Vitaphone short and An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee – 1930 short
- I Love to Singa - Classic 1936 WB parody cartoon directed by Tex Avery
- Hollywood Handicap – Classic 1938 M-G-M short with Al Jolson appearance
- A Day at Santa Anita - Classic Technicolor WB 1939 short with Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler cameo appearance
- 1947 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast starring Al Jolson (audio only)
- Feature-length historical documentary The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
- Two rarely-seen Technicolor excerpts from Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929 WB film, most of which is considered lost)
- Studio shorts celebrating the early sound era: Finding His Voice, The Voice That Thrilled The World, Okay for Sound, When Talkies Were Young, The Voice from the Screen
- Over 3 1/2 hours worth of rare, historic Vitaphone comedy and music shorts
