The Jazz SingerRobert L. Carringer The Jazz Singer was the first feature length film with spoken dialog as part of the dramatic action. Set in the 1920s, it deals with the elemental conflicts underlying a precise historical moment for the first-generation Jew in America--sacred versus profane, Jew versus Gentile, ascetic versus libertine, deprivation versus economic promise, immobility versus displacement. |
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Illustrations | 33 |
The Jazz Singer | 49 |
Annotation to the Screenplay | 135 |
Warner Brothers Studios | 168 |
Musical Score for The Jazz Singer | 182 |
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appear Arrangement asks beginning better Buster called camera cantor changes CLOSE SHOT CLOSE-UP CANTOR CLOSE-UP JACK comes continues dance Dillings door dressed East enters eyes face FADE father figure film finally finishes front FULL SHOT ROOM girl gives goes GROUP hand head hear holds Hollywood interest Jack Robin Jack's Jakie Jazz Singer Jessel Jolson later leave Library lights listen LIVING looks manner Mary mean Moey mother move Nidre nods opening original Papa pauses performance piano picture play points prayer production puts Rabinowitz record rehearsal Sara says scene seen sequence shakes side singing sits slowly smile song sound stage stands starts steps stops story Street studio synagogue takes talking tells theater thing TITLE turns Vitaphone voice Warner Brothers weeks York Yudelson