Jolson, personally, has never been more warmly greeted than at this premiere. He was there, in person, also. But “The Jazz Singer” minus Vitaphone is sometblng else again. There’s really no ...

Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially ...

Upon receiving a copy of Richard Bernstein’s “Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer,” I thought: He wouldn’t say that today because few people under 60 know the voice or care.

May McAvoy and Al Jolson in ‘The Jazz Singer.’ Photo by Getty Images By the time Jolson was headlining shows on Broadway, blackface was an integral part of his act including a Black character ...

In this film, he notes, "Jolson had the confidence to rhyme 'Mammy' with 'Uncle Sammy'", adding "Mammy songs, along with the vocation 'Mammy singer', were inventions of the Jewish Jazz Age." [45] The ...

Jolson made his first films in the mid-20s, a series of early talking shorts. But his immortality came with "The Jazz Singer," the first commercially viable, part-talking feature. Signed with ...

From the perspective of a century later, we despise Al Jolson’s minstrel routine in this movie, but can’t deny the film’s cinematic importance as the first talkie. (Or at least, partial talkie.) The ...

Oklahoma commemorates its 'Favorite Son,' Will Rogers, with a four-day celebration including a movie festival, 5K run, parade ...

As long as jazz happens, the magnificence of it all remains flawless and ... Al Jarreau is the most successful jazz singer of his time and has enjoyed a career that spans four decades. Oddly though, ...

Now called the Hilbert Circle Theatre, the building has sat on Monument Circle for more than a century, delighting patrons of ...