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The jazz singer
Jazz singer (Motion picture : 1927).
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- Summary
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Follows a cantor's son who turns his back on family tradition and becomes a cabaret-entertainer.
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- Creator
- Warner Bros. Pictures and the Vitaphone Corporation present ; adaptation, Alfred A. Cohn ; directed by Alan Crosland
- Included Title
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- Dawn of sound (Motion picture)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Cohn, Alfred A., 1880-1951, screenwriter
- Crosland, Alan, 1894-1936, film director
- Jolson, Al, 1886-1950, actor
- McAvoy, May, 1901-1984, actor
- Oland, Warner, 1880-1938, actor
- Mohr, Hal, 1894-1974, director of photography
- McCord, Harold, 1893-1957, editor of moving image work
- Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, composer (expression)
- Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983. Jazz singer
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- Vitaphone Corp.
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Turner Home Entertainment, [2013]
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (film duration: 96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- digital mono DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
- video file Blu-ray 1080p
- ISBNs
- 9781622241972, 1622241975
- OCLC
- ocn842385288
- Credits
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- Al Jolson, Mary McAvoy, Warner Oland
- Photography, Hal Mohr ; editor, Harold McCord ; musical score and Vitaphone orchestra director, Louis Silvers
- Wide screen (1.37:1).
- Main feature on Blu-ray. Special features on 2 DVDs.
- "A photo-dramatic production of Samson Raphaelson's play"--Container.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.
- Bonus Blu-ray content: audio commentary; cartoon shorts; AN intimate dinner in celebration of Warner Bros.' Silver jubilee; 1947 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Al Jolson; trailer.
- Bonus DVD content: The dawn of sound : how movies learned to talk (documentary); sound excerpts from 1929's Gold diggers of Broadway; studio shorts on talking pictures; Vitaphone musical shorts.
- Accompanying booklet bound in container: includes reproductions fo vintage documents; history of talkies; bios of performers.
- Warner Bros.: 3000044402 (Blu-ray disc: 2000075931 ; DVDs: 79889); additional number on container: 3000044404.
- Blu-Ray ; DTS-HD master audio 1.0 ; 1080p high definition.
- In English, with optional French, and Spanish subtitles. Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.