The Jazz Singer

"The Jazz Singer" is the first feature-length motion picture with several synchronized dialogue and song sequences. Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. The sound was achieved with Warner Bros. Vitaphone sound-on-recorded disc system. It would be 1928 before the first "All-Talking" pictures would appear in theaters. Popular stage entertainer Al Jolson was cast as Jack Robin a Jewish Cantor's son who decides to break religious tradition to sing pop music in nightclubs — a Jazz singer. This causes much consternation with his stern father. Jolson was already a star "The Jazz Singer" made him an instant entertainment legend. Filmed in 1927, "The Jazz Singer" might seem severely dated for today's audiences, but if you're a film buff it's an interesting film that defines an era in U.S. history (the immigrant experience and the emergence of the Jazz Era) This is the moment when silent movies suddenly became obsolete to the new technology and Hollywood changed forever. Only Charlie Chaplin would continue to make successful silent films up until 1940. Like the film "A Star is Born," the popularity of the storyline prompted Hollywood to remake "The Jazz Singer" several times: in 1952 starring Danny Thomas, a "newly-discovered" 1959 made-for-TV version featuring Jerry Lewis and the 1980 Neil Diamond remake.

This movie did not break the sound barrier but still an awesome movie

This film is a classicthat reflects it's time, giving it historical significance. In describing the life and struggles of a member of a minority group, it has even greater historical significance.