Nov 01 2010
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Almost immediately after Warner Bros’ gigantic financial gamble premiered in Oct 1927, other studios’ concerned bigwigs frantically ordered their studios to immediately equip themselves to do sound movies. Current careers were made — and shattered — overnight. If you haven’t seen The Jazz Singer, considered the first “talking movie” (even though there actually were some earlier sporadic experiments) this is a video worth not only seeing but OWNING for several reasons: a) You glance Al Jolson at his height. He was one of the first half of the 20th century’s biggest stars and some of his stage charisma comes through in this movie’s songs. Most of the flick is actually quiet except for the songs. Originally he was only supposed to direct, but he ad libbed a few lines and the response was absolutely electric when audiences heard and saw him say these few words on the veil. b) The story’s value: a Jewish religious leader’s son, torn between tradition (using his train for religion and following in his dad’s footsteps) or to please the masses (as a jazz singer in vaudeville) . Follow family tradition or national culture? c) The historical note biz value: the Warner brothers build everything they on the line in doing this flick and if it had failed sound movies would have been place aid about 10 years (or more) — and maybe Bugs Bunny wouldn’t have been invented. d) Technical indicate biz value: The Warners outmoded Vitaphone, which was basically sound on disks synchronized to the film’s action. You also find a nice zippy period musical procure throughout the movie. f) American history historical value: Brand long shots of the Jewish ghetto. They were genuine shots of a Unusual York street taken through a window — NOT extras on a movie state. And the theater in which Jolson sings was the Wintergarden, a theater in which he often performed. g) Cultural historical value: even though Jolson’s belt-em-out vocal style (effective in theaters without mikes) is allotment of the reason you don’t hear about him anymore, a MAJOR piece of his vanishing public historical profile is because he did some of his stage act in “blackface” and minstrel shows were viewed a bit differently in those days. You will SELDOM EVER behold this film aired on television due to the fact that blackface is so obviously politically improper (understatement!) . Does this possess up? YES, it is corny but it is also deeply touching and Jolson’s stage pizazz reaches across nearly a century on most numbers (one or two now are almost “camp” but weren’t support then) . Advice: it won’t be available on video forever as the 21st century advances. And you might not rep it at your local rental store. Secure it now. It’s the movie that forever changed Hollywood — and it’s serene engrossing.
In 1926 Sam Warner of the Warner Brothers decided to invest in the Vitaphone sound system. Don Juan was their first Vitaphone film, but it only contained music and sound effects. In 1927 Warner adapted the Samson Raphaelson Broadway hit The Jazz Singer into a movie and, this time, they incorporated vocal musical numbers in what was serene a soundless film for all but twenty minutes. Contrary to well-liked conception, audiences had heard music on film before, and they had heard dialogue on film before. What they had not heard or seen before were either of these things being particularly arresting. When Jolson sings “Blue Skies” to his mother while adlibbing droll comments, it all came across as so completely natural that people suddenly realized that sound on film could be enthralling and not unprejudiced some novelty act. Despite its many shortcomings, including the predictable storyline, The Jazz Singer was a box-office success and a cinema milestone.
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This current 80th Anniversary Edition of the Jazz Singer due in October 2007 contains three discs of extras and appears to be fair as remarkable a tribute to the birth of the talking portray as a fully digitized release of the Jazz Singer. Disc 1 is dedicated to the film itself, and includes a commentary track. “A Plantation Act” is also included. This is a 1926 Vitaphone short also starring Jolson. Disc 2 is dedicated to the restful to sound transition and includes a documentary on this subject along with shorter featurettes. The steady jewel in the crown of this disc is the excerpt from “The Gold Diggers of Broadway”. That was the top-grossing recount of 1929 and is an example of a very agreeable all-Technicolor musical of the pre-Depression era. Unfortunately, it was considered lost for years and only a puny over two reels (about 20 minutes) survive. Disc 3 contains almost four hours of Vitaphone shorts. These films urge the gamut from musical theater legends and vaudeville acts, to dramatic vignettes and classical music performances from the most prestigious artists of the era. Most of these were shorts considered lost for decades, until a consortium of archivists and historians joined forces with a goal to restore these time capsules of entertainment history. Up until now, contemporary audiences have only been able to behold these shorts via rare retrospective showings in a few huge cities, or through the itsy-bitsy release of a restored handful of the earliest subjects, which were section of a 1996 laserdisc state. This original collection will finally construct these films available on DVD. The staunch Vitaphone shorts are included in the product description. Seems like a must rob for anyone involved in the film itself or the dawn of sound.
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