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- Short about actor and singer Rudy Wissler, who provided his voice for the actor of the young Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, produced by Columbia Pictures in 1946. Back then, Rudy Wissler did not appear in the credits.
- On October 6th of 1927 the Warner Bros. production "The Jazz Singer" had its premiere in New York City: The first talkie with dialogue revolutionized the film industry and marked the end of silent films. The story around the Jewish protagonist Jakie Rabinowitz, torn between tradition and modern spirit, and the success of the film are inseparably connected with the artist Al Jolson. The film delivers an insight into the social and technical developments of the time, as well as into Jolson's personal background; a history of the immigrants' search for identity in the "New World" at the beginning of the 20th century.
- The Jewish entertainer Al Jolson died in 1950. The film tries to find out what is left of his success over 55 years after his death. Is the man who once made the movies talk, and who paved the way for entertainers like Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, forgotten or remembered? Fourty years after the 1960s the film tries to start a dialogue about this performer, who is today mostly known for using the 'blackface' mask, if he is known at all. The film focuses on the American public view on Al Jolson, and looks back to the American cultural and political past in order to explain Jolson's image today. This view takes place against the Al Jolson Way Inauguration on New York's Broadway in August of 2006.
- Short about Al Jolson's performances for American troops during WWII and the Korean War. The film focuses on Jim Downs, a Korean War veteran who saw Jolson perform live in Korea in 1950.