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Jolson, Al (1886-1950)

Russian-born US singer and entertainer. Popular in Broadway theatre and vaudeville, he starred in the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927). Other films include The Singing Fool (1928), Say It with Songs (1929), Mammy (1930), Go into Your Dance (1935), and Swanee River (1940). He was also a popular recording star. His trademark songs include ‘Swanee’ (1918) and ‘California, Here I Come’ (1946).



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His father had been a musician and piano builder, whose orchestra performed with Jimmy Durante, Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.
ACTOR HAD KNACK FOR MASTERING FILM ROLES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Still, it's one of the most in-depth looks at Broadway ever attempted, and cowriter director producer Michael Kantor dutifully covers the high points--if he doesn't speak to stars like Carol Channing, Harvey Fierstein, Ethel Merman, Nathan Lane, Stephen Sondheim, Fred Ebb, Al Jolson, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey, and countless others, you can be certain you'll see clips of them performing.
Broadway bares all: PBS's six-hour documentary on the Great White Way ... by Giltz, Michael / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
He, by contrast, had vivid, firsthand memories of seminal stars like Fanny Brice, Al Jolson, and Bert Williams.
On Broadway: PBS salutes the shows that made the White Way great in ... by Gold, Sylviane / Dance Magazine
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