Blu-ray
The jazz singer
Call Number
- BLU-RAY MUSICAL (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
In English, with optional French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Al Jolson, Mary McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer.
Publication Information
[Burbank, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2019]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (96 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
The son of a Jewish cantor must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Notes
Based on the play by Samson Raphaelson.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.
Disc 1 special features: Feature digital transfer and immaculately refurbished soundtrack from restored picture elements and original Vitaphone-Sound-on-Disc recordings ; commentary by film historian Ron Hutchinson and bandleader Vince Giordano ; rare cartoon and collection of shorts: I love to singa, Hollywood handicap, A day at Santa Anita, Al Jolson in A plantation act ; An intimate dinner in celebration of Warner Bros.' silver jubilee ; 1947 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Al Jolson (audio only) ; theatrical trailer.
Disc 2 special features: Feature-length documentary The dawn of sound: how movies learned to talk ; surviving sound excerpts from 1929's Gold diggers of Broadway ; studio shorts celebrating the early sound era: The voice from the screen, Finding his voice, The voice that thrilled the world, Okay for sound, When the talkies were young.
Disc 3 special features: Over 3 1/2 hours' worth of rare, historic Vitaphone comedy and music shorts, including Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville act: Behind the lines, Bernado De Pace: Wizard of the mandolin, Van and Schenck: The pennant winning battery of Songland, and more.
Contents
- Disc 1 (Blu-ray): The movie
- Disc 2 (DVD 1): The early sound era (special features)
- Disc 3 (DVD 2): Vitaphone shorts (special features).