The Jazz Singer

***The Jazz Singer*** je američki igrani film iz 1927. godine, poznat prije svega kao prvi cjelovečernji film sa sinkroniziranim scenama dijaloga, a koji se često kolokvijalno (i pogrešno) navodi kao prvi zvučni film. Producirao ga je studio Warner Bros. koristeći novu Vitaphone tehniku snimanja zvuka na ploči, a režirao ga je Alan Crosland. Radnja se temeljila na kazališnom komadu Samsona Raphaelsona, a naslovnu ulogu - jevrejskog pjevača iz tradicionalne porodice koji, prkoseći strogom ocu, napušta kuću kako bi započeo uspješnu karijeru jazz pjevača - tumačio Al Jolson, kome je to bila najpoznatija uloga u karijeri. Film je doživio ogroman komercijalni uspjeh te potakao druge filmske studije u Hollywoodu i ostatku svijeta da u svoja ostvarenja ubacuju što više govora i muzike, označivši time početak kraja ere nijemog filma.

## Glumačka postava
* Al Jolson kao Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin) 
* May McAvoy kao Mary Dale 
* Warner Oland kao Kantor Rabinowitz
* Yossele Rosenblatt glumi sam sebe
* Eugenie Besserer kao Sara Rabinowitz 
* Otto Lederer kao Moisha Yudelson 
* Bobby Gordon kao Jakie Rabinowitz (u dobi od 13 godina) 
* Richard Tucker kao Harry Lee

## Izvori

## Literatura


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## Vanjske veze
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* ''The Jazz Singer'' promo Vitaphone short
* Al Jolson Society Official Website includes clip from *The Jazz Singer* of Jolson's first onscreen speech and performance of "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" (follow links: His Work–Films–The Jazz Singer–Toot, Toot, Tootsie)
* ''Let's Go To The Movies'' (1948) film clip, with excerpt of "My Mammy" at 2:30; at the Internet Archive
* Lux Radio Theater/''The Jazz Singer'' radio version originally broadcast on August 10, 1936; at the Internet Archive