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Basic facts

Original title The Jazz Singer
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1929-02-18

Cast

Al Jolson
Jakie Rabinowitz, "Jack Robin"

May McAvoy
Mary Dale, dansös

Warner Oland
kantor Rabinowitz, Jakies far

Eugenie Besserer
Sara Rabinowitz, Jakies mor

Otto Lederer
Moisha Yudelson, kibitzer, ledare för den judiska församlingen

Robert Gordon (as Bobby Gordon)
Jakie som trettonåring

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Special Effects
Titles
Associate Producer
Casting
Unit Publicist
Special Photographic Effects
Gaffer
Orchestra
Conductor
Propman
Costume Designer
Other Crew

Cast

Al Jolson Jakie Rabinowitz, "Jack Robin"
May McAvoy Mary Dale, dansös
Warner Oland kantor Rabinowitz, Jakies far
Eugenie Besserer Sara Rabinowitz, Jakies mor
Otto Lederer Moisha Yudelson, kibitzer, ledare för den judiska församlingen
Robert Gordon (as Bobby Gordon) Jakie som trettonåring
Richard Tucker Harry Lee, teaterproducent
Joseff Rosenblatt (as Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt) kantor Joseff Rosenblatt
- Ej krediterade:
Nat Carr Levi
William Demarest Steve Martin
Anders Randolf Dillings
Ernest Belcher Buster Billings, koreografen
Will Walling läkaren
Roscoe Karns teateragenten
Neely Edwards regissören
Myrna Loy flicka i kören
Audrey Ferris flicka i kören
Louis Silvers pianist
Jane Arden en av Coffee Dan's Atmosphere Girls
Violet Bird en av Coffee Dan's Atmosphere Girls
Marie Stapleton en av Coffee Dan's Atmosphere Girls
Ena Gregory en av Coffee Dan's Atmosphere Girls
Margaret Oliver en av Coffee Dan's Atmosphere Girls
Carolynne Snowden svart uppasserska bakom scenen

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
The Vitaphone Corporation
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1927
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Biörnstads Filmkompani 1929 (stum version)
AB First National Pictures 1929 (ljudversion)
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2007

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 42359
Date 1929-07-01
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2500 meters
Notes Ljudversion.


Censorship number 42359
Date 1929-02
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2130 meters
Notes Stumversion. Visningskopiornas längd: 2145 m.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Sound on disc
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2525 meter
Length in minutes 92 min


Original work

Original title The Jazz Singer (Play)
Author Samson Raphaelson


Original title The Day of Atonement (Short story)
Author Samson Raphaelson


Production location

1927-04
Warner Bros. Studios Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Vitaphone Studios New York, New York USA
Iverson Ranch Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
San Francisco, Kalifornien USA
New York, New York USA

Release dates

First showing 1927-10-06 Warner Theatre New York, New York USA
Release in Sweden 1929-02-18 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden (stumversion)
1929-07-02 Rialto Stockholm Sweden (ljudversion)
TV showing 1974-08-05 TV2 Sweden
DVD release 2007-11-07 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Kol Nidre
Singer Joseph Diskay (dubbar Warner Oland)
Al Jolson (repris)


Original title Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
Composer James V. Monaco (1923)
Lyrics Al Jolson (1923)
Grant Clarke (1923)
Edgar Leslie (1923)
Singer Al Jolson


Original title Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo'Bye!)
By Gus Kahn (1922)
Ernie Erdman (1922)
Dan Russo (1922)
Singer Al Jolson


Original title Kaddish
Singer Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt


Original title Blue Skies
Composer Irving Berlin (1927)
Lyrics Irving Berlin (1927)
Singer Al Jolson
Musician Bert Fiske (dubbar Al Jolsons pianospel)


Original title Mother I Still Have You
Composer Louis Silvers
Al Jolson
Lyrics Louis Silvers
Al Jolson
Singer Al Jolson


Original title My Mammy
Composer Walter Donaldson (1918)
Lyrics Sam M. Lewis (1918)
Joe Young (1918)
Singer Al Jolson


Original title My Gal Sal
Composer Paul Dresser (1905)
Lyrics Paul Dresser (1905)
Singer Bobby Gordon


Original title Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Composer Lewis F. Muir (1912)
Lyrics L. Wolfe Gilbert (1912)
Singer Bobby Gordon


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 5
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Danish



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