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The Jolson Story (10-Oct-1946)

Director: Alfred E. Green

Writers: Harry Chandlee; Stephen Longstreet; Andrew Solt

Keywords: Drama, Biography

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Scotty Beckett
Actor
4-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 Child star train wreck
William Demarest
Actor
27-Feb-1892 28-Dec-1983 The Great McGinty
Evelyn Keyes
Actor
20-Nov-1916 4-Jul-2008 Gone with the Wind
Larry Parks
Actor
13-Dec-1914 13-Apr-1975 Named names before HUAC

CAST

Larry Parks   ...   Al Jolson
Evelyn Keyes   ...   Julie Benson
William Demarest   ...   Steve Martin
Bill Goodwin   ...   Tom Baron
Ludwig Donath   ...   Cantor Yoelson
Scotty Beckett   ...   Al Jolson (youth)
Tamara Shayne   ...   Mrs. Yoelson
Jo-Carroll Dennison   ...   Anne Murray
John Alexander   ...   Lew Dockstader
Ernest Cossart   ...   Fr. McGee

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 12-May-2005)

I first saw this film in 1948. At the time I thought it was one of the best films I had ever seen, (I was only 13). It made me a lifelong Al Jolson fan. I now own the video of the film and also the sequel, Jolson Sings Again' and I have almost worn them out. For me it is still one of the best films ever made.


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