The Singing Fool

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Drama
Music

Overview

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.

Keywords

musical
based on short story
blackface
singer-songwriter
silent film
struggling artist
vaudeville
part-talkie

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 29, 1928
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures,The Vitaphone Corporation
Cast: Al Jolson,Betty Bronson,Josephine Dunn,Arthur Housman,Reed Howes,Davey Lee,Edward Martindel,Robert Emmett O'Connor,Helen Lynch,Agnes Franeyand 5 more
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Writer: C. Graham Baker,Joseph Jackson
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography: Byron Haskin
Music: Louis Silvers,Jules Buffano,Shelton Brooks
Budget: $388,000
Revenue: $5,916,000
IMDb: tt0019388