Jazz Singer, The

first talking film (1927) featured Al Jolson. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 213]

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Thanks to The Jazz Singer, the first sound heard in a feature film was a conversation between a Jewish mother and her child.

No. 5: The Jazz Singer

(5) When Al Jolson blacked up to play Jack Robin in the film version of The Jazz Singer, The Forward offered the following review: It is a curious thing that there are so many points of resemblance between Jews and Negroes.

Blackface as religious expression

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