Richard Bernstein's biography charts Jolson's success and addresses the reviled practice of blackface that helped to make ...

About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie with talking actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927.

About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...

Al Jolson has an anxiety complex ... was dimmed by the glare of kliegs on more popular faces, he returned to Broadway in a burst of triumph, was prodigally welcomed by a first-night crowd ...

Al Jolson, Robert Charles Benchley ... Four years later Al & Molly are Broadway pets, but Al loses Molly, who becomes infatuated with John Perry (Reed Howes). There is a three-year-old child ...

It featured six popular songs performed by Al Jolson. Musical films were immediately popular and 1929 saw the appearance of ...

For decades, Broadway has welcomed film and TV's biggest stars as they headed to New York City for the chance to share in the intimate experience of performing in front of a live audience.