Storyline

Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations, men in the family have been cantors in the synagogue, but Jakie is more interested in jazz and ragtime music. One day, they have such a bitter argument that Jakie leaves home for good. After a few years on his own, now calling himself Jack Robin, he gets an important opportunity through the help of well-known stage performer Mary Dale. But Jakie finds that in order to balance his career, his relationship with Mary, and his memories of his family, he will be forced to make some difficult choices.—Snow Leopard

Plot Keywords

cantor, singer, lover, mother, neighbor, father, melodramatic, winsome, uplifting, lower east side, manhattan, n.y., ghetto, stage, cabaret, family home, singing, family traditions, defiance, acceptance, father/son relationship, religion, rise, quest, underdog, love, 1920s

Short Review

Sitting through The Jazz Singer is very much like attending a very ordinary musical comedy with one star who happens to be good. The star cannot always be on the scene and the evening develops into a series of long waits.

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