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Binding: DVD
EAN: 4710667910036
Running Time: 88 unknown-units
Sales Rank: 71208
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Product Description:
Black And White, Fullscreen, Import Edition
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Showed dialogue in film could actually entertain
On the verge of bankruptcy, in 1926 Warner Brothers decided invest in the Vitaphone sound system. Warner figured, at that point, what did they have to lose? Thus they took a chance. Don Juan was their first Vitaphone film, but it only contained music and sound effects. In 1927 Warner adapted the Samson Raphaelson Broadway hit The Jazz Singer into a movie and, this time, they incorporated vocal musical numbers in what was still a silent film for all but twenty minutes. Al Jolson starred as Jakie Rabinowitz, ... Read More
Rating:  - The Jazz Singer (1927)
Although "The Jazz Singer" was the first film with sound, it remains largely a silent film. It's 89 minutes long and (this is merely an estimate, I didn't time it) at least an hour of the film is silent.
There's little spoken dialogue, and the dialogue that is spoken is spoken only to prove that it could be. In fact, about 95% of the dialogue is handled with title cards. Nevertheless, "The Jazz Singer" is an interesting film to watch because you are, afterall, watching history in the making. The film ... Read More
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