Bonus anniversary: Happy 90th anniversary, "The Jazz Singer."

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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. As the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in several isolated sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the silent film era. Directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, the film, featuring six songs performed by Al Jolson, is based on a play of the same name by Samson Raphaelson, adapted from one of his short stories, "The Day of Atonement".

Release date October 6, 1927

Due to, uhh, things being the way they were, there aren't too many scenes from "The Jazz Singer" with videos that I want to link to. Here's one:

Here's another:

Here's one not from "The Jazz Singer," but THIS is entertainment:

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1. Al Jolson. One of the all-time great ones.

[MiltonBrown]

2. Love it!

Jolson was America's top entertainer of the first half of the twentieth century. The man had charisma and talent to burn.