1920's The Arts | 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...