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The jazz singer /

The jazz singer / - Three-disc deluxe edition. 80th anniversary edition. Standard version (1.33:1). , United States - 3 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 10 photograph cards (18 cm) + 1 reproduction of a Vitaphone program ([12] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 reproduction of a souvenir program ([20] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 reproduction of a Theater Herald leaflet ([4] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 vintage documents reproduction booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 reproduction of a telegram from Al Jolson to Jack Warner (18 cm) - 013600 - 4 3/4 in.

Based on the play: Day of atonement / by Samson Raphaelson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. Special features (disc 1, 139 min.): optional audio commentary by Ron Hutchinson (founder of The Vitaphone Projects) and Nighthawks Bandleader Vince Giordano; 4 vintage Al Jolson short films (49 min. total); classic cartoon "I love to singa" (8 min.); Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of "The jazz singer", also starring Jolson (1947, 58 min.); Jolson trailer gallery (24 min. total). Special features (disc 2, 185 min.): "The dawn of sound : how the movies learned to talk" documentary (2007, 85 min.); surviving excerpts from 1929's "Gold diggers of Broadway" (16 min. total); 5 studio shorts from or celebrating the early sound era (84 min.). Special features (disc 3, 208 min.): rare & historic Vitaphone shorts from the Warner Bros. vaults.

Disc 1. The jazz singer (96 min., including overture & exit music) -- A plantation act (1926, 10 min.) -- An intimate dinner in celebration of Warner Bros. silver jubilee (1930, 11 min.) -- Hollywood handicap (1938, 10 min.) -- A day at Santa Anita (1937, 18 min.) -- I love to singa (1936, 8 min.) -- The jazz singer [Lux Radio Theatre adaptation] (1947, 58 min.) -- The jazz singer [trailer] (1927, 7 min.) -- The singing fool [trailer] (1928, 1 min.) -- Mammy [trailer] (1930, 5 min.) -- Wonder bar [trailer] (1934, 4 min.) -- Go into your dance [trailer] (1935, 3 min.) -- The singing kid [trailer] (1936, 4 min.). Disc 2. The dawn of sound : how the movies learned to talk documentary (2007, 85 min.) -- Gold diggers of Broadway [excerpts] (16 min.) -- The voice from the screen (1926, 15 min.) -- Finding his voice (1929, 11 min.) -- The voice that thrilled the world (1943, 18 min.) -- Okay for sound (1946, 20 min.) -- When the talkies were young (1955, 20 min.). Disc 3. Behind the lines (1926, 8 min.) -- Bernado De Pace : the wizard of the mandolin (1927, 7 min.) -- Gus Van and Joe Schenck : the pennant winning battery of Songland (9 min., 1929) -- Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields with the Music Boxes (1928, 10 min.) -- Hazel Green & Company (1927, 8 min.) -- The night court (1927, 10 min.) -- The Police Quartette (1927, 7 min.) -- When East meets West (1928, 9 min.) -- Adele Rowland : stories in song (1928, 10 min.) -- The Jazzmania Quintette (1928, 10 min.) -- The Ingenues : the Band Beautiful (1928, 9 min.) -- Chips of the old block (1928, 8 min.) -- Dick Rich and his Melodious Monarchs (1928, 8 min.) -- Gus Arnheim and his Ambassadors (1928, 9 min.) -- The Beau Brummels (1928, 8 min.) -- Roof Garden Revue (1929, 10 min.) -- My bag o' tricks (1929, 10 min.) -- Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (1929, 7 min.) -- Sol Violinsky : the eccentric entertainer (1929, 8 min.) -- At the seashore (1929, 9 min.) -- Paul Tremaine and his Aristocrats (1929, 7 min.) -- Baby Rose Marie, the child wonder (1929, 8 min.) -- Lambchops (1929, 8 min.) -- The happy Hottentots (1930, 11 min.).

Photography, Hal Mohr ; edited by Harold McCord ; musical score and Vitaphone Orchestra directed by Louis Silvers. Photography, Hal Mohr ; edited by Harold McCord ; musical score and Vitaphone Orchestra directed by Louis Silvers.

Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Joseff Rosenblatt.

The melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son who aspires to be a jazz singer, despite his father's strenuous objections.

Not rated by the MPAA.


DVD, Dolby digital mono.; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; dual-layer.
DVD, NTSC; dual-layer format ; Dolby digital, mono.
DVD, NTSC; dual-layer format ; Dolby digital, mono.
DVD, NTSC; dual-layer format ; Dolby digital, mono.


In English; with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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79889 Warner Home Video 1000742499 Warner Home Video

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Jazz musicians--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Jewish singers--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Fathers and sons--Drama.
Músicos de jazz--Nueva York (Estados Unidos)--Nueva York--Teatro.
Cantantes--Nueva York (Estados Unidos)--Nueva York--Teatro.
Fathers and sons.
Jazz musicians.
Jewish singers.
Jazz musicians--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Singers, Jewish--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Jazz musicians--Drama.--New York (State)--New York
Singers--Drama.--New York (State)--New York
Jazz musicians--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Singers, Jewish--New York (State)--New York--Drama.


New York (State)--New York.


DVDs
Films for the hearing impaired.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Musical--Feature.
Films musicaux.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films d'amour.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.

PN1997 / .J353 2007

791.43/72

79889 / Warner Home Video