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.
Al Jolson | Jakie Rabinowitz | |
May McAvoy | Mary Dale | |
Warner Oland | The Cantor | |
Eugenie Besserer | Sara Rabinowitz | |
Otto Lederer | Moisha Yudelson | |
Robert Gordon | Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13 | |
Richard Tucker | Harry Lee | |
Yossele Rosenblatt | Cantor Rosenblatt - Concert Recital | |
Charlene Aber | Chorus Girl | |
Arline Abers | Chorus Girl | |
Jane Arden | Small Part | |
Ernest Belcher | Choreographer - 'April Follies' | |
Violet Bird | Small Part | |
Bernard B. Brown | Violinist | |
Nat Carr | Levi | |
Claire Delmar | Small Part | |
William Demarest | Buster Billings | |
Neely Edwards | Dance Director | |
Audrey Ferris | Chorus Girl | |
Bess Flowers | Chorus Girl | |
Joseph Green | Walk-on | |
Ena Gregory | Small Part | |
Beatrice Hagen | Chorus Girl | |
Leon Holmes | Moey | |
Roscoe Karns | Agent |
Director | Alan Crosland | |
Writer | Samson Raphaelson, Alfred A. Cohn, Jack Jarmuth | |
Producer | Darryl F. Zanuck | |
Musician | Louis Silvers | |
Photography | Hal Mohr |