Cast: Al Jolson
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Al Jolson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Hallelujah I'm a Bum
1933 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Al Jolson · Frank Morgan · Madge Evans · Harry Langdon
Plot A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
6.4
39 votes
6.4
39 votes
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Irving Rapper
Cast Robert Alda · Joan Leslie · Alexis Smith · Charles Coburn
Plot Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic relationships with singer Julie Adams, who is desperately in love with him, and aloof...
6.3
70 votes
6.3
70 votes
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Al Jolson · May McAvoy · Warner Oland · Eugenie Besserer
Plot Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations, men in the family have...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Wonder Bar
1934 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Al Jolson · Kay Francis · Dolores del Rio · Ricardo Cortez
Plot Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder...
6.1
35 votes
6.1
35 votes
Hollywood Handicap (S)
1938 · Movie · 10 min. · United States
Direction Buster Keaton
Cast The Original Sing Band · Charles Ruggles · Mickey Rooney · Stuart Erwin
Plot A musical short in which a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Handicap at Santa Anita Park racetrack with many celebrities of the day in...
4.6
21 votes
4.6
21 votes
Mammy
1930 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Al Jolson · Lois Moran · Lowell Sherman · Louise Dresser
Plot Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in a small Southern town. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran),...
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The Singing Fool
1927 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Al Jolson · Betty Bronson · Josephine Dunn · Arthur Housman
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Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo · Michael Curtiz
Cast Al Jolson · Ruby Keeler · Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane
Plot Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants...
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Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier
2021 · Documentary · 54 min. · France
Direction Cyril Leuthy
Cast Maurice Chevalier · Armand Dranem · Félix Mayol · Fred Freed
Plot French artist Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), a legend of stage and screen, was an accomplished singer, actor and entertainer, who embodied the charm of his native Paris throughout a decades-long career...
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A Plantation Act
1926 · Movie · 10 min. · United States
Direction Philip Roscoe
Cast Al Jolson
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Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Don Ameche · Alice Faye · J. Edward Bromberg · Alan Curtis
Plot Michael Linnett Connors takes Molly Adair from Broadway understudy to 1913 Hollywood star. Although she is in love with him, she marries her co-star reckoning wrongly Connors thinks of her...
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Say It with Songs
1929 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Al Jolson · Davey Lee · Marian Nixon · Holmes Herbert
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Swanee River
1939 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Don Ameche · Andrea Leeds · Al Jolson · Felix Bressart
Plot More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil...
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Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (TV)
2020 · Documentary · 145 min. · France
Direction Yves Jeuland
Cast Mathieu Amalric · Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Henry Bergman · Eric Campbell
Plot The work, life and activism of one of the most multi-talented artists of his times: Charles Chaplin. An extensive film entirely nourished by anthology scenes from his masterpieces and rare...
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States
Direction Graeme Ferguson · Saul J. Turell
Cast Jean Acker · Bronco Billy Anderson · Agnes Ayres · John Barrymore
Plot A documentary of Hollywood’s first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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A Day in Santa Anita (S)
1937 · Movie · 18 min. · United States
Direction Bobby Connolly
Cast Sybil Jason · Marcia Ralston · Matthew 'Stymie' Beard · Joseph Crehan
Plot Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
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Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Gregory Ratoff
Cast Tyrone Power · Alice Faye · Al Jolson · William Frawley
Plot New York city in the 1920s: a singer struggles to keep her boyfriend from trouble. When she makes it to Ziegfeld, he heads for five years in jail. Lots of...
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The Singing Kid
1936 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction William Keighley · Busby Berkeley
Cast Al Jolson · Sybil Jason · Beverly Roberts · Edward Everett Horton
Plot The Singing Kid casts Jolie as neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson. Facing professional ruin when he loses his voice, Al heads to the country to regain his vocal timbre and...
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Big Boy
1930 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Al Jolson · Claudia Dell · Louise Closser Hale · Lloyd Hughes
Plot Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby.
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