The Jazz Singer 2xDVD 1927 A dzsesszénekes / Directed by Alan Crosland / Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Yossele Rosenblatt / The First BW sound motion picture /

UPC 5999048915924

REGION 2 PAL DVD  (Black & White)

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English mono, German mono

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Spanish, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, English HOH, German HOH

Total Runtime: 85 minutes

DISC 2 INCLUDES THE MAKING OF THE SOUND MOTION PICTURE, PERIOD SHORT FILMS, Gold Diggers of Broadway deleted scenes

English Summary:

Cantor Rabinowitz wants his son to carry on the generations-old family tradition and become a cantor at the synagogue in the Jewish ghetto of Manhattan's Lower East Side. But, down at the beer garden, thirteen-year-old Jakie Rabinowitz is performing so-called jazz tunes. Moisha Yudelson spots the boy and tells Jakie's father, who drags him home. Jakie clings to his mother, Sara, as his father declares, "I'll teach him better than to debase the voice God gave him!" Jakie threatens: "If you whip me again, I'll run away—and never come back!" After the whipping, Jakie kisses his mother goodbye and, true to his word, runs away. At the Yom Kippur service, Rabinowitz mournfully tells a fellow celebrant, "My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight—but now I have no son." As the sacred Kol Nidre is sung, Jakie sneaks back home to retrieve a picture of his loving mother.

About 10 years later, Jakie has changed his name to the more assimilated Jack Robin. Jack is called up from his table at a cabaret to perform on stage.

Hungarian Summary:

Jakie egy zsidó kántor egyetlen fia, aki arra rendeltetett, hogy kövesse a család többgenerációs hagyományát. Őt azonban a jazz ragadja magával. Amikor kiderül, hogy egy mulatóban énekel, dühös atyját és megtört szívű édesanyját hátrahagyva megszökik a szülői házból. Évekkel később az új néven elismert jazzénekessé vált fiú visszatér, hogy megbocsátást nyerjen. Ám mivel beteg édesapja továbbra is hajthatatlan, Jacknek választania kell négerré maszkírozott énekeskénti karrierje és zsidó identitása között.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin)
• Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz
• Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz
• May McAvoy as Mary Dale
• Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson
• Richard Tucker as Harry Lee
• Yossele Rosenblatt as himself
• Bobby Gordon as Jakie Rabinowitz (age 13)