The read
Most of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic66/100
259 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan CroslandDirector
- Louis SilversOriginal Music Composer
- Alfred A. CohnScreenplay
Cast
- Al JolsonJakie Rabinowitz
- May McAvoyMary Dale
- Warner OlandCantor Rabinowitz
- Eugenie BessererSara Rabinowitz
- Otto LedererMoisha Yudelson
- Robert GordonYoung Jakie Rabinowitz
- Richard TuckerHarry Lee
- Yossele RosenblattCantor Rosenblatt
- William DemarestBuster Billings (uncredited)
- John MiljanHost (uncredited)
- Roscoe KarnsAgent (uncredited)
- Anders RandolfDillings (uncredited)
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Themes
new york citydancerparent child relationshipsan francisco, californiajewish ghettogenerations conflictjewish lifeblack and whiteblackface