Contributor
Crosland, Alan, 1894-1936.
Edition Statement:3-disc deluxe ed.
Imprint:[Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, c2007.
Description1 videodisc (89 min.) : si., sd., b&w,; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Based on the short story and play "The day of atonement" by Samson Raphaelson.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1927.
Note:Features: New digital transfer and immaculately refurbished soundtrack from restored picture elements and original Vitaphone-Sound-on-Disc recordings, commentary by Ron Hutchinson, founder of The Vitaphone Projects and Nighthawks bandleader Vince Giordano, vintage Al Jolson shorts, radio show adaptation and movie trailer gallery, classic homage cartoon "I Love to Sing", new feature-length documentary "The Dawn of Sound: How the Movies Learned to Talk", surviving sound excerpts from 1929's Gold Diggers of Broadway, studio shorts from or celebrating the early sound era, over 3 1/2 hours worth of rare, historic Vitaphone comedy and music shorts starring the greats of vaudeville and the early sound era, many recently recovered and restored after being thought lost forever, 10 behind-the-scenes photo cards, 12-page Vitaphone program, 20-page souvenir program, 4-page theater herald, 16-page book with vintage document reproductions and DVD features guide, post-premiere telegram from Al Jolson and Jack Warner.
Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.
Note:The son of a Jewish cantor pursues his dream of becoming a pop singer against his father's wishes.
Note : PerformerAl Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, William Demarest.
System Details NotesDVD, Dolby digital mono.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK
