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After the The Jazz Singer, movie fans and Hollywood honchos knew what they wanted: more songs, more sentiment…more Al Jolson. So The Jazz Singer star became The Singing Fool in the heartfelt rags-to-riches-to-rags saga of Al Stone, a singing waiter who becomes a sensation, then loses everything when his two-timing wife walks out – and takes Al’s beloved little boy with her. Along the way, Jolson belts out It All Depends on You, Sittin’ on Top of the World and Sonny Boy, the tearjerker that became the star’s signature song.
Original Release
09/29/1928
US Release
09/29/1928
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Al Jolson | Al Stone |
Betty Bronson | Grace |
Josephine Dunn | Molly Winton |
Arthur Housman | Blackie Joe |
Reed Howes | John Perry |
Davey Lee | Sonny Boy |
Edward Martindel | Louis Marcus |
Robert Emmett O'Connor | Cafe Owner, Bill / Cafe Owner Bill |
Helen Lynch | Maid |
Agnes Franey | 'Balloon' Girl |
Directors
Writers
C. Graham Baker, Joseph Jackson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Al Jolson | Al Stone |
Betty Bronson | Grace |
Josephine Dunn | Molly Winton |
Arthur Housman | Blackie Joe |
Reed Howes | John Perry |
Davey Lee | Sonny Boy |
Edward Martindel | Louis Marcus |
Robert Emmett O'Connor | Cafe Owner, Bill / Cafe Owner Bill |
Helen Lynch | Maid |
Agnes Franey | 'Balloon' Girl |
The Yacht Club Boys | Singing Quartette |
James Cagney | Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's |
Carl M. Leviness | Carl - Waiter at Clicquot Club |
William H. O'Brien | Waiter at Blackie Joe's |
Bob Perry | Doorman at Blackie Joe's |
Jack Stoutenburg | Little Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |