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Control # 1 hbl99018129
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20240429115550.0
Phy Descr 7 vd|bvaizm
Fixed Data 8 071017s2007 cau089 g vleng d
LC Card 10    $abe2007023295
Std Rec No. 24 $a00012569798892
Publisher # 28 42 $a79889$bWarner Home Video
Obsolete 39    $a235703$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aGCG
Languages 41 $aeng$jeng$jfre$jspa
LC Call 50 14 $aPN1997.J39$bJ39 2007
Dewey Class 82 04 $a791.43/72$222
Local Call # 99    $aFF
Title 245 04 $aThe jazz singer$h[videorecording] /$cdirected by Alan Crosland.
Edition 250    $a3-disc deluxe ed.
Imprint 260    $a[Burbank, Calif.] :$bWarner Home Video,$cc2007.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a1 videodisc (89 min.) :$bsi., sd., b&w,;$c4 3/4 in.
Local Note 591    $aREQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK
Note:Details 538    $aDVD, Dolby digital mono.
Note:Lang 546    $aIn English with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
Note:Perfrmr 511 $aAl Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, William Demarest.
Note:General 500    $aBased on the short story and play "The day of atonement" by Samson Raphaelson.
Note:General 500    $aOriginally released as a motion picture in 1927.
Note:General 500    $aFeatures: 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.
Audience 521 $aMPAA rating: Not rated.
Usage Terms 540    $aFor private home use only.
Abstract 520    $aThe son of a Jewish cantor pursues his dream of becoming a pop singer against his father's wishes.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aRaphaelson, Samson,$d1896-1983$vFilm and video adaptations.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aFathers and sons$vDrama.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCantors (Judaism)$vDrama.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aFamilies$vDrama.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFeature films.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFilm adaptations.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aSilent films.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aBlack and white films.$2local
Genre/Form 655  7 $aSilent films.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFilms for the hearing impaired.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aMusical films.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aFiction films.$2lcgft
AE:Pers Name 700 $aCrosland, Alan,$d1894-1936.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aJolson, Al,$d1886-1950.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aMcAvoy, May,$d1901-1984.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aOland, Warner,$d1880-1938.
AE:Pers Name 700 12 $aRaphaelson, Samson,$d1896-1983$tDay of atonement.
AE:Corp Name 710 $aWarner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
AE:Corp Name 710 $aVitaphone Corp.