List of the best Al Jolson movies: Hallelujah, I'm a Bum(1933), Wonder Bar(1934), The Jazz Singer(1927), Go Into Your Dance(1935), Mammy(1930), Say It With Songs(1929), Rose of Washington Square(1939) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
82 Minutes
Al Jolson Madge Evans Frank Morgan Harry Langdon Chester Conklin Tyler Brooke Bert Roach Edgar Connor Dorothea Wolbert Harold Goodwin Burr McIntosh
hobo friend woman mayor street-sweeper charming offbeat lighthearted new york city central park river homelessness the great depression amnesia rescue suicide attempt rescue discovery 1930s
A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt
Musical
USA
1934
85 Minutes
Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Hal LeRoy Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Louise Fazenda Fifi D'Orsay Robert Barrat
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1927
97 Minutes
Al Jolson May McAvoy Warner Oland Eugenie Besserer Otto Lederer William Demarest Roscoe Karns Richard Tucker Nat Carr William Walling Robert Gordon
cantor singer lover mother neighbor father melodramatic winsome uplifting lower east side manhattan, n.y. ghetto stage cabaret family home singing family traditions defiance acceptance father/son relationship
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Al Jolson Ruby Keeler Glenda Farrell Helen Morgan Barton MacLane Sharon Lynne Patsy Kelly Benny Rubin Phil Regan Gordon Westcott Joyce Compton
Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
84 Minutes
Al Jolson Lois Moran Louise Dresser Lowell Sherman Hobart Bosworth Tully Marshall Mitchell Lewis Jack Curtis Stanley Fields
minstrel boss daughter rival mother melodramatic american south small town stage show business murder family love infidelity rivalry pursuit 1930s
A love triangle develops in a traveling minstrel troupe.
Musical
USA
1929
95 Minutes
Al Jolson Davey Lee Marian Nixon Holmes Herbert Fred Kohler John Bowers
Joe Lane kills another man in a fistfight after learning that the man has made improper advances towards his wife. Joe goes to prison for the murder. When Joe gets out of prison, he visits ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Ted Cotter
singer vaudevillian gambler wife con artist partner hilarious frenetic melodramatic new york city theater family home street vaudeville rags to riches love triangle career vs. love crime con game rise
A singer becomes a star in the Ziegfeld Follies, but her marriage to a con man has a bad effect on her career.