Talk:The Jazz Singer (1927 film)

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Contents 1 Singing in the rain 2 Ever going to be a DVD of this movie? 3 Earlier sound features 4 In Spain 5 Miscellaneous Pop Culture 6 Captions 7 Michigan J. Frog

[edit] Singing in the rain

Why no mention?

[edit] Ever going to be a DVD of this movie?

Anyone know? -Jcbarr 13:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't know, but you must see this film. I screened it the first time in my home with a friend. After about 40 minutes of silence, when the first sound dialogue occurred, my friend and I were stunned. I believe that we experienced close to what the original audience did in 1929, the incredible experience of a film that talked. 66.108.144.49 03:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth

[edit] Earlier sound features

The article already makes clear that The Jazz Singer was the first feature-length movie with talking sequences, but not the first sound feature.

For the curious, earlier feature-length movies with sound include:

• Dream Street (1921). Two sound sequences, recorded on discs: one song sequence, and another sequence with crowd noises. Sound version shown only in New York City.
• Siegfried (1924). Shown with a music score recorded with DeForest Phonofilm, only at the Century Theater in New York City in 1925.
• Don Juan (1926). Music score and sound effects, on Vitaphone discs. Sound version distributed nationally.
• The Better 'Ole (1926). Music score and sound effects, on Vitaphone discs. Sound version distributed nationally.

— Walloon 03:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Spain

According to a documentary I saw, the film lost several scenes in its Spanish showing, because it was censored as pro-Jewish propaganda.

Also, there seemed to be a silent version (the same?) that was playe along (by Enrique Jardiel Poncela?) with records of Jewish and jazz music. --Error 22:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Miscellaneous Pop Culture

The third season Simpsons episode “Like Father, Like Clown” is an obvious homage to this film. We have included this reference in the episode, but I thought a similar link should be posted on this site. (207.81.164.238 18:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC))

Probably should add to the AFI reference that in 2005 “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!” was #71 on the “100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES” list.

The film is used during 2004’s “The Aviator.” Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) takes a business associate to an audience viewing the film as a means of convincing the associate that their recently completed silent motion picture epic, Hell’s Angles, needs to be entirely reshot for sound. (207.81.164.238 03:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Captions

I put back the full stops because after complete sentences the period has to persist, no matter whether there is only one sentence or more. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Captions. Sentence fragments like e. g. the description of theatrical posters in the infobox don't need periods. I already had the same discussion at Talk:Friday the 13th (film)#Caption. Dutzi (talk) 18:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Michigan J. Frog

Can please stuck a fork in this sh*t and be done with it? This cartoon character was inspired by Al Jolson's blackface character in The Jazz Singer. Case closed. Now....MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 08:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)