Al Jolson Movies

  • 1943
    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    61943HD

    This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

    The Voice That Thrilled the World
  • 2007
    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

    72007HD

    Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by...

    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
  • 1952
    Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson

    Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson

    Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson

    71952HD

    Jack Benny narrates the Screen Snapshots that, utilizing archive footage, traces the career of Al Jolson, and rare off-stage shots of Jolson with...

    Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
  • 1936
    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    61936HD

    Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...

    The Singing Kid
  • 1950
    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

    71950HD

    Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

    The Golden Twenties
  • 1939
    Swanee River

    Swanee River

    Swanee River

    71939HD

    Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl,...

    Swanee River