The Jazz Singer

United States of America, 1927

Film
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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.

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Credits

director

Alan Crosland

producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Duration

01:29:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1927

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-939

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

Music

TMDB-Movie

939

Wikidata

Q465087

Collected

233 times

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