Il cantante di jazz (1927)
Jakie, un ragazzo ebreo, sconvolge le tradizioni di famiglia perché non vuole cantare in Sinagoga, come hanno fatto tutti i maschi di famiglia prima di lui per cinque generazioni. Infatti ama il jazz e a questo vorrebbe dedicare la sua carriera. Il padre, il cantore Rabinowitz, lo osteggia apertamente finché dopo un'aspra discussione Jakie lascia casa e se ne va per la sua strada. Cambia il nome in Jack Robin e si dipinge la faccia di nero per seguire le sue aspirazioni, finché non gli si presenta la grande occasione con l'aiuto di Mary Dale, famosa cantante, con cui ha una relazione. Arrivato a questo punto Jack dovrà riconsiderare le sue scelte, anche nei confronti della sua famiglia.
Direttore:
Alan Crosland
Scrittore:
Alfred A. Cohn
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Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz |
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May McAvoy as Mary Dale |
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Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz |
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Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz |
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Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson |
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Robert Gordon as Young Jakie Rabinowitz |
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Richard Tucker as Harry Lee |
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Yossele Rosenblatt as Cantor Rosenblatt |
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William Demarest as Buster Billings (uncredited) |
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John Miljan as Host (uncredited) |
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Roscoe Karns as Agent (uncredited) |
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Anders Randolf as Dillings (uncredited) |
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Walter Rodgers as Make-Up Man (uncredited) |
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Will Walling as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Ena Gregory as (uncredited) |
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Nat Carr as Levi (uncredited) |
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Ernest Belcher as Choreographer (uncredited) |
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Neely Edwards as Dance Director (uncredited) |
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Audrey Ferris as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Leon Holmes as Moey (uncredited) |
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Myrna Loy as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
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Jane Arden as Small Part (uncredited) |
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Ty Parvis as Boy Singer (uncredited) |
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Fred Warren as Pianist (uncredited) |
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Carolynne Snowden as Backstage Maid (uncredited) |
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Violet Bird as (uncredited) |
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Joseph Green as (uncredited) |
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Claire Delmar as (uncredited) |
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Seymour Kupper as (uncredited) |
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Mary Grace Larsen as (uncredited) |
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Margaret Oliver as (uncredited) |
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Marie Stapleton as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Alan Crosland | Director |
| Editing | Harold McCord | Editor |
| Camera | Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Silvers | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Samson Raphaelson | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Gordon Hollingshead | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Alfred A. Cohn | Adaptation |
| Writing | Alfred A. Cohn | Screenplay |
| Sound | Harvey Cunningham | Sound Engineer |
| Crew | Nugent Slaughter | Special Effects |
