The forgotten Edinburgh film believed to be the world's first 'talkie' - filmed a year before The Jazz Singer www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul... #Cinema #Talkies #SoundFilm #Scotland #TillTheBellsRing #Phonofilm #Hollywood #TheJazzSinger #AlJolson

On October 6, 1927: "The Jazz Singer," directed by Alan Crosland and starring #AlJolson and May McAvoy, is released as the first film with a synchronized soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1929).

#OTD 1927 #TheJazzSinger starring #AlJolson #MayMcAvoy #WarnerOland #YosselleRosenblatt (credited as Cantor Rosenblatt) Directed by #AlanCrosland #Silent/Sound #drama #musical #1stSynchSoundFeature trophyunlocked.blogspot.com/2016/04/stub...

🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 6 October 1927, #AlanCrosland's "The Jazz Singer," the first feature-length film with a synchronized soundtrack, starring #AlJolson and #MayMcAvoy, was released. It received an Honorary Academy Award in 1928.

California, Here I Come 🙎
#AlJolson

When you listen to an #AlJolson album for the first time, it's staggering just how many references to him you'll suddenly recognize from classic #LooneyTunes. :p

"California, Here I Come" is a song interpolated in the #Broadway musical #Bombo, starring #AlJolson. The song was written by #BudDeSylva, #JosephMeyer, and Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on January 17, 1924, with Isham Jones' Orchestra, in Brunswick Records' Chicago studio.