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2007

Title:	The jazz singer [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures and the Vitaphone Corporation present.
Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Edition:	Full screen.
Publisher, Date:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2007.
Description:	3 videodiscs : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	A Jewish cantor's son breaks with his family to become a popular music singer.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
Subjects:	Jazz musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Jewish singers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Cantors (Judaism) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Jews, East European -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Acculturation -- United States -- Drama.
Genre:	Musical films.
Other Author:	McAvoy, May, 1901-1984. Oland, Warner, 1880-1938. Crosland, Alan, 1894-1936. Jolson, Al, 1886-1950.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. Directed by Alan Crosland ; adaptation, Alfred A. Cohn ; photography, Hal Mohr ; edited by Harold McCord ; musical score and Vitaphone orchestra directed by Louis Silvers. Al Jolson, with Mary McAvoy and Warner Oland. DVD; dual-layer format ; Dolby digital, mono. In English with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. BEXLEY copy does not have extra printed items. A photo-dramatic production of Samson Raphaelson's play. Accompanied by: 10 behind-the-scenes photo cards and reproductions of a Vitaphone program, a souvenir program, a theater herald, and a post-production telegram from Al Jolson to Jack Warner.
Contents:	Disc 1. The movie : New digital transfer and refurbished soundtrack, commentary by Ron Hutchinson and Vince Giordano ; vintage Al Jolson short films, radio show adapation and movie trailer gallery ; classic homage cartoon, I love to singa -- Disc 2. The early sound era : feature-length documentary, The dawn of sound : how the movies learned to talk ; sound excerpts from 1929's Gold diggers of Broadway ; studio short films -- Disc 3. Astonishing rarities: historic Vitaphone comedy and music short films.
ISBN:	1419856227 9781419856228
Publisher or Distributor Number:	79889
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
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Medium:	[videorecording]

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