The Jazz Singer (1927 film)

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The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.

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Generate an image of The Jazz Singer (1927 film) (The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical drama film ⓘ
basedOn The Day of Atonement (short story) ⓘ
The Jazz Singer (play) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Hal Mohr ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Alan Crosland ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Harold McCord ⓘ
featuresSong Blue Skies ⓘ
Dirty Hands, Dirty Face ⓘ
Kol Nidre ⓘ
My Mammy ⓘ
Toot, Toot, Tootsie ⓘ
filmFormat Vitaphone sound-on-disc ⓘ
linked to: Vitaphone
filmSeries Vitaphone sound films ⓘ
linked to: Vitaphone
genre drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
hasTheme assimilation of Jewish immigrants in America ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
pursuit of show-business career ⓘ
historicalSignificance early sound feature film ⓘ
includedIn National Film Registry ⓘ
languageOfSoundtrack English ⓘ
leadActor Al Jolson ⓘ
mainCharacter Jack Robin ⓘ
Jakie Rabinowitz ⓘ
musicBy Louis Silvers ⓘ
notableFor first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences ⓘ
marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays conflict between religious tradition and show business ⓘ
portraysReligion Judaism ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate 1927-10-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1927 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Alfred A. Cohn ⓘ
setInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
starring Al Jolson ⓘ
Eugenie Besserer ⓘ
May McAvoy ⓘ
Warner Oland ⓘ
storyBy Samson Raphaelson ⓘ

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