Review: The Jazz Singer (1959)
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer,
Al Jolson
May McAvoy
Warner Oland
Eugenie Besserer
Otto Lederer
Plot: 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.