American Decades
The Jazz Singer
Screenplay
By: Alfred A. Cohn
Date: 1927
Source: Cohn, Alfred A. "Shooting Script." The Jazz Singer. 1927. Reprinted on the Al Jolson Society Official Website. Available online at http://www.jolson.org/works/film/js/jazzscript.html; website home page: http://www.jolson.org (accessed October 10, 2002).
About the Author: Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter. His screenplay for Warner Brothers' The Jazz Singer (1927) was based on Samson Raphaelson's highly successful Broadway play, "The Day of Atonement." The Jazz Singer starred Al Jolson (1886–1950), already a singing sensation and often called the "World's Greatest Entertainer." Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, emigrated with his family from Lithuania and grew up in Washington D.C. He...
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- Blood Memory
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The 1920's: Primary Sources
