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After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
Language
Budget$388,000
Revenue $5,916,000
English,
No Language
Budget$388,000
Revenue $5,916,000
Keywords
musical
silent film
based on short story
vaudeville
singer-songwriter
struggling artist
blackface
part-talkie
Casts
Al Jolson
Al Stone
Betty Bronson
Grace
Josephine Dunn
Molly Winton
Arthur Housman
Blackie Joe
Reed Howes
John Perry
Davey Lee
Sonny Boy
Edward Martindel
Louis Marcus
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Cafe Owner Bill
Helen Lynch
Maid
Agnes Franey
'Balloon' Girl
James Cagney
Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Doorman at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Carl – Waiter at Clicquot Club (uncredited)
Jack Stoutenburg
Little Boy (uncredited)
Crews
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Joseph Jackson
Dialogue
George Groves
Sound Engineer
Edmund Ross
Conductor
Louis Silvers
Conductor
C. Graham Baker
Adaptation
C. Graham Baker
Story
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Frank Shaw
Assistant Director
Byron Haskin
Director of Photography
Harold McCord
Editor
Shelton Brooks
Original Music Composer
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer
Jules Buffano
Original Music Composer
Ralph Dawson
Editor
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