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The Jolson Story

6.7 128 mins Drama   Music   1946
Columbia Pictures  
Director(s): Alfred E. Green

At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradually working his way up through the vaudeville ranks, Asa — now calling himself Al Jolson — joins a blackface minstrel troupe and soon builds a reputation as a consummate performer. But as his career grows in size, so does his ego, resulting in battles in business as well as in his personal life.

Casts of The Jolson Story

Larry Parks

as Al Jolson

Evelyn Keyes

as Julie Benson

William Demarest

as Steve Martin

Bill Goodwin

as Tom Baron

Ludwig Donath

as Cantor Yoelson

Scotty Beckett

as Asa Yoelson

Tamara Shayne

as Mrs. Yoelson

Jo-Carroll Dennison

as Ann Murray

John Alexander

as Lew Dockstader

Ernest Cossart

as Father McGee

Lilian Bond

as Woman (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman in Audience/Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Sourpuss Movie Patron (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Al Jolson

as Singing Voice / Al Jolson (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

as Audience Member (uncredited)

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