Derek Winnert

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The Jazz Singer * (1952, Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz, Mildred Dunnock) – Classic Movie Review 5027

‘It’s joy set to music. A story that sings out to your heart.’ Well, maybe, but more probably maybe not. Danny Thomas steps into Al Jolson’s singing shoes for Michael Curtiz’s slushy 1952 second film […]

Feb, 14

The Jazz Singer ***** (1927, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer) – Classic Movie Review 4897

It is not as drama that director Alan Crosland’s 1927 Al Jolson musical about a Jewish Cantor’s son who prefers showbiz to the approval of his father is remembered. Nor is it for the performances […]

Jan, 15

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