Upon receiving a copy of Richard Bernstein’s “Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer,” I thought: He wouldn’t say ...

This increased to 110 million by 1929. The increase was partly due to the development of audio films in 1927, with Al Jolson starring in The Jazz Singer (1927) marking the beginning of the era of ...

QUESTION What was the first film based on a musical? In 1927, The Jazz Singer marked the end of the silent film era. It ...