The Jazz Singer
Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You.
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.
- Year: 1927
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
- Keyword: new york city, dancer, parent child relationship, san francisco, california, jewish ghetto, generations conflict, jewish life, black and white, blackface
- Director: Alan Crosland
- Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon