“THE JAZZ SINGER”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 788, 8 October 1929, Page 17

“THE JAZZ SINGER”

AL JOLSON’S NEW FILM The long-awaited presentation of A 1 Jolson’s, “The Jazz Singer,’* in Auckland, will take place very shortly. Of this picture the “Daily Telegraph” wrote on the premiere presentation:— “A burst of rich music heralded “The Jazz Singer,” a touching story of a

[ young Jew who displeases liis father by becoming j what his parent terms in disgust a 1 “jazz singer.” Imi agine everyone’s | amazement o n hearing the clatter of plates and the applause in the saloon where Jakie, the little boy. is ' dancing and singing. Out from the SWPPt and

screen comes liis voice, sweet and clear, stopping abruptly when his father conies in, drags Jakie home and j "hips him, and the- boy runs away. Al Jolson takes the part of Jakie now grown up, and he is heard singing “Dirty Hands,” “Toot. Toot. Tootsie,” and other songs, just as if ho were actually on the stage. “The cast of this production is worthy of the star, which is saying a great deal. Dainty little May McAvoy plays brilliantly the part of the toe dancer "”ho changed the course of the “Jazz Singer’s” life. Warner Oland gives a portrayal of the father. Eugenie Besserer is seen as the another and Bobby Gordon as the s mger when a child.” Typical “‘Two Black Crows’* humour ""111 be heard in the Paramount allpicture “Why Bring That Up?” "’hich stars those famous artists. here are also a number of songs in production, notably “The Early Bird” a nd Shoo Shoo Boogy Boo,” an effec*JVf‘ chorus num'ju'. . ,