The jazz singer
(DVD)
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007].
Edition
Three-disc deluxe edition; 80th anniversary edition; standard format (1.33:first).
ISBN
9781419856228, 1419856227
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Adult DVDs (1st floor Audio/Video)
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Adult DVDs (1st floor Audio/Video) | DVD JAZ | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007].
Format
DVD
Edition
Three-disc deluxe edition; 80th anniversary edition; standard format (1.33:first).
Language
English
ISBN
9781419856228, 1419856227
UPC
012569798892
Notes
General Note
Based on the play: Day of atonement / by Samson Raphaelson.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.
General Note
Special features (disc 1, 139 min.): optional audio commentary by Ron Hutchinson (founder of The Vitaphone Projects) and Nighthawks Bandleader Vince Giordano; 4 vintage Al Jolson short films (49 min. total); classic cartoon "I love to singa" (8 min.); Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of "The jazz singer", also starring Jolson (1947, 58 min.); Jolson trailer gallery (24 min. total).
General Note
Special features (disc 2, 185 min.): "The dawn of sound : how the movies learned to talk" documentary (2007, 85 min.); surviving excerpts from 1929's "Gold diggers of Broadway" (16 min. total); 5 studio shorts from or celebrating the early sound era (84 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 3, 208 min.): rare & historic Vitaphone shorts from the Warner Bros. vaults.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Hal Mohr ; edited by Harold McCord ; musical score and Vitaphone Orchestra directed by Louis Silvers.
Participants/Performers
Al Jolson, Mary McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Bobby Gordon, Richard Tucker, Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt.
Description
The melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son who aspires to be a jazz singer, despite his father's strenuous objections.
Target Audience
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details
DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English; with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Crosland, A., Cohn, A. A., Jolson, A., McAvoy, M., Oland, W., Besserer, E., Lederer, O., Mohr, H., McCord, H., Silvers, L., & Raphaelson, S. (2007). The jazz singer (Three-disc deluxe edition; 80th anniversary edition; standard format (1.33:first).). Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alan Crosland et al.. 2007. The Jazz Singer. Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alan Crosland et al.. The Jazz Singer Warner Home Video, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Crosland, Alan, et al. The Jazz Singer Three-disc deluxe edition; 80th anniversary edition; standard format (1.33:first)., Warner Home Video, 2007.
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