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The Jazz Singer

6.1 89 mins Drama   Music   1927
Warner Bros. Pictures   The Vitaphone Corporation  
Director(s): Alan Crosland

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.

Casts of The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson

as Jakie Rabinowitz

May McAvoy

as Mary Dale

Warner Oland

as Cantor Rabinowitz

Eugenie Besserer

as Sara Rabinowitz

Otto Lederer

as Moisha Yudelson

Robert Gordon

as Young Jakie Rabinowitz

Richard Tucker

as Harry Lee

Yossele Rosenblatt

as Cantor Rosenblatt

William Demarest

as Buster Billings (uncredited)

John Miljan

as Host (uncredited)

Roscoe Karns

as Agent (uncredited)

Anders Randolf

as Dillings (uncredited)

Walter Rodgers

as Make-Up Man (uncredited)

Will Walling

as Doctor (uncredited)

Ena Gregory

as (uncredited)

Nat Carr

as Levi (uncredited)

Ernest Belcher

as Choreographer (uncredited)

Neely Edwards

as Dance Director (uncredited)

Audrey Ferris

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Leon Holmes

as Moey (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Jane Arden

as Small Part (uncredited)

Ty Parvis

as Boy Singer (uncredited)

Fred Warren

as Pianist (uncredited)

Carolynne Snowden

as Backstage Maid (uncredited)

Violet Bird

as (uncredited)

Joseph Green

as (uncredited)

Claire Delmar

as (uncredited)

Seymour Kupper

as (uncredited)

Mary Grace Larsen

as (uncredited)

Margaret Oliver

as (uncredited)

Marie Stapleton

as (uncredited)

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