- The first feature film to utilize Synchronous Sound. The story is about Cantor Oland’s son who goes into show business over his objections. Tunes include “Mammy,” “Toot, Toot, Tootsie” and more. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Adapted Writing. Academy Awards: Special Award for technical achievement. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: NR Ag
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Cantor’s son changes his name, shoots for Broadway.Amazon.com
It’s one of the most famous titles in film history, and everybody knows why: in a handful of sequences in The Jazz Singer, sound and image are excitingly synchronized. By 1927, some short subjects had already been “talkies,” and a few features had synchronized music, but The Jazz Singer gets the prize as the breakthrough. Because the film is largely without dialogue, you can–even watching the… More >>