| Distributor:Warner Home Video Synopsis: On the verge of receivership in 1926, Warner Bros. studio decides to risk its future by investing in the Vitaphone sound system. Warners' first Vitaphone release, Don Juan, was a silent film accompanied by music and sound effects. The studio took the Vitaphone process one step farther in its 1927 adaptation of the Samson Raphaelson Broadway hit The Jazz Singer, incorporating vocal musical numbers in what was essentially a non-talking film. Al Jolson stars as Jakie Rabinowitz, the son of Jewish cantor ... Full Synopsis
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The Jazz Singer [80th Anniversary] [Deluxe Edition] [3 Discs] The Jazz Singer [Blu-ray] DVD Features  88-page blu-ray book includes photos, the film's history and more! Plus: Reproductions of vintage documents Post-premiere telegram from Al Jolson History of talkies overview Remakes and parodies in modern culture Critical impact of this particular feature and its influence on the historical progress of cinema Disc 1: the movie: Now on blu-ray! 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: the early sound era: 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 talkies were young On DVD Disc 3: Vitaphone shorts: Over 3 1/2 hours' worth of rare, historic Vitaphone comedy and music shorts including: Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville act: behind the lines, Bernardo de Pace: wizard of the mandolin, Van and Schenck: the pennant winning battery of songland and much more! On DVD | |
