The Jazz Singer (1952 film)
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Written by | Samson Raphaelson (play) Frank Davis Leonard Stern Lewis Meltzer |
Produced by | Louis F. Edelman |
Starring | Danny Thomas Peggy Lee |
Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
Edited by | Alan Crosland, Jr. |
Music by | Ray Heindorf Max Steiner |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2 million (US)[1] |
The Jazz Singer is a 1952 remake of the famous 1927 talking picture The Jazz Singer. It stars Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, and Eduard Franz, and was nominated for an Oscar for best musical score. The film follows about the same storyline as the version starring Al Jolson. It was also distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Plot
[edit]As Jerry Golding, a young Korean War veteran, scales the heights of show business, he breaks the heart of his father, who had hoped that Jerry would instead follow in the footsteps of six consecutive generations of cantors in their family. Sorrowfully, Cantor David Golding reads the Kaddish service, indicating that, so far as he is concerned, his son is dead. A tearful reconciliation occurs when Jerry dutifully returns to sing the "Kol Nidre" in his ailing father's absence.
Cast
[edit]Actor | Role |
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Danny Thomas | Jerry Golding |
Peggy Lee | Judy Lane |
Eduard Franz | Cantor David Golding |
Mildred Dunnock | Mrs. Ruth Golding |
Alex Gerry | Uncle Louis |
Allyn Joslyn | George Miller |
Tom Tully | McGurney |
Production
[edit]Eduard Franz, who played the role of the aged and ailing cantor battling his son, would go on to reprise his role in the television version of the story starring Jerry Lewis that would be broadcast just seven years later in 1959.
Accolades
[edit]Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Academy Awards | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner | Nominated | [2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
External links
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