The Jazz Singer
Drama
Documentary
Romance
- Release Date
- October 6, 1927
- Director
- Alan Crosland
- Cast
- Al Jolson , May McAvoy , Warner Oland , Eugenie Besserer , Otto Lederer , Robert Gordon
- Runtime
- 88
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Samson Raphaelson , Alfred A. Cohn , Jack Jarmuth
Summary
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.