In cities where the Vitaphone can be installed and reproduce his voice this picture will eminently repay attendance.
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07/28/08
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:3
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 4 hrs 25 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The first feature film to utilize Synchronous Sound. The story is about Cantor Oland's son who goes into show business over his objections. Tunes include "Mammy," "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and more.... [More]
Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Eugenie Besserer, Warner Oland
Director: Alan Crosland
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Top CriticUndoubtedly the best thing Vitaphone has ever put on the screen.
07/22/08
Top CriticThe Vitaphoned songs and some dialogue have been introduced most adroitly.
03/25/06
Top CriticIt's ragged and dull until the magical moment when Jolson turns to the camera to announce, 'You ain't heard nothin' yet' -- a line so loaded with unconscious irony that it still raises a few goose bumps.
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