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

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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

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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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