Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedi...  ..." and the most frequent reply has always been The Jazz Singer (1927) starring Al Jolson. This is a "sort of" co...  ...to phonograph records. In 1926 (a year before The Jazz Singer ), Warner Brother re-released the previous silent...  ...ature with sound...

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