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1927 film by Alan Crosland

This article is about the 1927 film. For other uses, see The Jazz Singer (disambiguation).

The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkiemusicaldrama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.

Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).

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Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era with the Vitaphonesound-on-disc system, featuring six songs performed by Al Jolson. Based on the 1925 play of the same title by Samson Raphaelson, the plot was adapted from his short story "The Day of Atonement".

The film depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden, he is punished by his father, a hazzan (cantor), prompting Jakie to