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	In the first part of the 20th century, Al Jolson was the most popular theatrical performer in the United States going as far as calling himself the world's greatest performer - something few argued with. To modern audiences, Jolson is best remembered for starring in The Jazz Singer (1927). This popular movie was the first feature to include synchronized music, sound effects and a few short sequences of dialogue. He went on to make many more classic musicals.
	ALL TITLES ALSO AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY AT $19.95 THE SINGING FOOL (1928) Jolson's biggest box-office smash featuring SONNY BOY. SAY IT WITH SONGS (1929) Melodramatic follow-up is Jolson's first "All-Talkie" feature. BIG BOY (1930) A re-creation of one of Jolson's biggest Broadway hits. WONDER BAR (1934) Jolson teams up with legendary Busby Berkeley. GO INTO YOUR DANCE (1935) Jolson appears with his wife Ruby Keeler in a memorable performance. THE SINGING KID (1936) Jolson's final lead performance in a musical film.
	Warner Bros. Home Video proudly presents The Jazz Singer in a deluxe 3-disc 80th Anniversary Collector's Edition with the film itself immaculately restored and remastered from earliest surviving nitrate film elements and original Vitaphone sound-on-disc recordings. Hours of rare, and never-before seen features include a myriad of vintage shorts and film excerpts, a 1947 radio show adaptation featuring Jolson, a commentary from film historians Ron Hutchinson (founder of The Vitaphone Project) and Vince Giordano, and a wealth of collectible memorabilia. The Jazz Singer stars entertainment legend Al Jolson in a story that bore a few similarities to his own life story. Jolson portrays a would-be entertainer whose show-business aspirations conflict with the values of his rabbi father. While a few earlier sound films had bits of dialogue, they were all shorts. The Jazz Singer was conceived as a silent feature film, with synchronized underscore and sound effects, but this film would have synchronized singing sequences built around Jolson performing as only he could. There was never any intention to have dialogue in the film, but during his first vocal performance, Jolson improvised the words: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!" In actuality, The Jazz Singer contains a total of only two minutes of synchronized talking, most of it improvised, while the rest of the "dialogue" is presented through the typical standard "title cards" found in all silent movies of the era. But after Jolson uttered his now famous line, the rest was history.