I always liked him & thought he deserved a career despite his politics. Hollywood could be so brutal when you got blacklisted.

Maybe he will. Is it too late?

@@LazlosPlane Larry Parks died of a heart attacks years ago. I say “heart attack,” but it was really the stress from his life and career being destroyed by the government.

@@2034916 And your medical degree is from. . . ? BTW, there is a word in English, "Posthumous." You might look it up and see how that could apply to my comment.

@@2034916 Yes, I know what you said. I repeat: what is your evidence that it was the stress of the hearings and investigations that caused his heart attackS.

I will be70 this month my grandmother got me hooked on him now when I hear anything I think of her always no matter how bad I feel when I played real food makes me feel good because I think of her

I’m 91 still adore Jolson every day. 😊

Ditto

God gives

I would not have been a musical artist plus painting artist sculpture artist GOD bless you all

Love you too baby son

Sony boys blessed

Clime on my knee our kid you saved a life

Awe...😔 ...mine too he loved him ...like yours...I dedicated April Showers at his funeral...he’s been gone since 91 but I still miss him so...✨✨🙏🏻✨✨

Yes a Jewish racist

I love everything about Al Jolson I can listen him sing all day all night the movie was excellent and to me it keeps getting better and better and better as I watch it over and over again he had a wonderful voice!!!

All biopics back in the 1930s ‘40s were largely fiction and sugarcoated.

@@varietyguy True, was his name really Al Jolson??

@@johnpickford4222 Asa Yoelson

@@johnpickford4222 His stage name was Al Jolson,

Larry Parks was incredible. What a tragedy his life took. Regardless of how fictional this movie may be, Larry Parks’ performance is second to none.

I agree with you and I am nearly 84.

+AR San Hi, I do not know why you made that comment, but it was most kind of you and much appreciated....made my day happy.

Love, love Larry Park’s’ performance.

You made me love you .........

+Kathleen Gorman Larry Parks captured the mannerisms [and exaggerated them so you less looked at Larry and saw Jolson, who didn't look at all like him. It worked. The sequel is slavish to the storyline. In the first movie, it actually is the real Jolson in the long shot; in the sequel it's Larry Parks retelling the story [think about that for a second]. The point is that on the long shot, you couldn;t see that Al was now in his 60's [He was popular prior to World War ! !] If people didn't mind him looking his age, he could have done the movie himself, but they figured they needed someone to play the proper age. The entire backstory is totally made up, and in the second movie, they admit it. The wedding waltz is an ancient Jewish tradition; they added words and it became a hit for Jolson, so they added the fake parents to make it make sense. One more tidbit: Most people think the first talking picture was The Jazz Singer which is arguably somewhat autobiographical to Jolson in and of itself, and technically it is part sound, it's actually the first transitional silent/sound movie. But actually, Jolson stars in the REAL first talkie, a short consisting of him dressed in blackface on a farm [with live chickens on the stage] called A Plantation Act. It was done a couple of years earlier and was eventually restored. Some of Jolson's early work was a bit risque for its time [pre-WW I] such as The Spaniard that blighted me life which has a lot of innuendo [reenacted briefly in the movie] but not enough to show the words, and a favorite of mine with a few zingers called Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday Night? [Or who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip van Winkle, when Rip van Winkle went away. These songs literally would not be allowed later when censorship hit Hollywood in the 30's. [The Spaniard comes from a movie totally lost because the English singer of the same song sued and won a rights lawsuit and all known copies were destroyed. But we do have the 1913 RCA recording at least. OK, one more you can use as a trick question: Which RCA recording artist recorded the huge hit Are you lonesome tonight? in the 1950's? Of course they will always get it wrong and say Elvis Presley. Elvis recorded his version in 1960. Jolson had already had a big hit of the same song 10 years earlier [just before he died].

I love Jolson’s voice and Larry Park’s good looks and acting ability. ❤️💜🧡

I’m not sure if I watch this movie over and over to listen to Jolson or drool over Larry Parks.

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+Linda Kostin If you have the DVDs, did you get the bonus of the true first talkie with Al Jolson A Plantation Act which is all sound and predates the Jazz Singer.

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Not ever, but he does own that era of the 1920's

And Larry Parks was brilliant.

Me too my brother

God bless us

We where blessed by the holy spirit

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yo tengo 81 años y desde los 12 años que soy fanatica de al jolson tengo las 2 peliculas ylas he visto 20 veces y lo escucho constantemente

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I have a hard time separating the two men also. Wonderful songs.

+MrImiller07 It is interesting they chose Danny Thomas. Danny Thomas starred in the first remake of the Jazz Singer.

+clasystems Cagney was too old. If they wanted old, they could have just used Jolson himself. He was in the long shot anyway [as painfully explained in the second movie] because Parks couldn't really do the dance moves. But Cagney probably could have.

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My favorite may 2023

I think the real Jolson did a lot of tutoring for that, as well as recording the songs.