Starring: Al Jolson, Cantor Josef Rosenblatt, Nat Carr, Otto Lederer, Richard Tucker, William Demarest, May McAvoy, Bobby Gordon, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer

Directed by: Alan Crosland

Al Jolson stars in this film of a play purportedly based on his own life. He plays Jakie Rabinowitz, a singer trying to make a career on Broadway instead of following the wishes of his Rabbi father to replace him as the Synagogue Cantor. Jakie breaks with his father, becomes Jack Robin and gets on Broadway, only to be called to his father's death-bed on opening night. The film co-stars Warner Oland, May McAvoy, and Eugenie Besserer. Among the hit songs featured are Jolson's trademarks, 'Toot-Toot-Tootsie', 'Goodbye', 'Dirty Hands', 'Dirty Face', 'My Mammy', and a then-new song composed by Irving Berlin, 'Blue Skies'.

DVD EXTRAS

Interactive menus, Bonus footage, Trailers, Commentary (Ron Hutchinson and Vince Giordano (Film Historians)), Other documentaries (Collection of rare cartoons and shorts: 'I Love to Sing', 'Hollywood Handicap', 'A Day at Santa Anita', 'A Plantation Act', 'An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee', 1947 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast starring Al Jolson, Documentary: 'The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk', Two rarely-seen Technicolor excerpts from 'Gold Diggers of Broadway', Studio shorts celebrating the early sound era: 'Finding His Voice', 'The Voice That Thrilled The World', 'Okay for Sound', 'When Talkies Were Young', 'The Voice from the Screen')

Soundtrack Languages

 Dolby Digital: English

Technical Details

Certification: PG
Duration: 84 mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard
Sound: Dolby Digital
Cat. No: D079920(WARNER HOME VIDEO)