Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
Special Features:
Disc 1: The Movie
New Digital Transfer and an Improvedly Remixed Soundtrack from Restored Picture Elements and Original Vitaphone Surroundings, Redeveloped by a team under the supervision of Rene Picoult.
Disc 2: The Early Sound Era
New Feature Length Documentary The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Showing Sound Excerpts from 1926's Don Juan and Glorious Betsy (1928) Audio Surprises from Outer Space.
