Rudy Wissler sings as young Al Jolson
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2012
- The beautiful voice of Rudy Wissler was used in The Jolson Story as the voice of young Al Jolson. Scotty Beckett played the part of young Jolson and mimed to Rudy's recordings.
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Beautiful
The first Jolson film was perfect , can't understand why it didn't get a few Academy Awards,every part was perfectly cast..
BEAUTIFUL.
I start the day listening to Al Jolson every day
I never tire of listening to the wonderful gifted voice of Rudy. Thank you for posting.
Rudy Wissler was perfect as the young Jolson
Fantastic… I.m not crying, you’re crying!
I love Al Jolson and his music I listen over and over
I didn't know that Rudy Wissler was the singer behind the young Jolson.
Such beauty and warmth.
I loved his part in the Movie and saw it over and over on The Million Dollar Movie in New York.
One of the things I love about YT is finding I'm not alone. Years ago while viewing The Jolson Story for the first time I was floored by the scenes of the youth Jolson singing these simple, sweet songs. Now I find there a plenty of others who had the same reaction. Sometimes the Dream Machine did weave magic, didn't it?
yes, it did.
It certainly did!
I agree. Wonderful singing of this song. 😅
Not just a great singer I met him once at a Jolson convention he was also a very humble person. R I P Rudy.
Rudy Wissler--wow..what a voice..go to another YT vid to here Wissler sing ..On the banks of the Wabash...it will blow u away how great he sings it...from the movie--the Al Joelson story...just incredible..thks for posting this video
Have been watching it just recently, it’s great!
Al jolson was my late fathers idol ,now my dad will be singing with him rip dad .trevor
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So was one of my parents' favorite singers. I grew up listening to Al Jolson's music and even saw the Al Jolson Story as a teenager, here in my hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
What a beautiful voice he had. You should be proud! :)
I knew Rudy when he was in the Pacificaires BBS 4tet. What a voice!
It breaks my heart every time I hear this poignant song. So many memories of my Mother and home tied up in this song for me.
Which one?
A tremendous voice!
Great Perfomance. Beautiful voice. Historical songs
Thank you, Mr. Wissler!
What a voice!
Scotty Beckett had a somewhat passable singing voice but certainly nothing like the beautiful voice of the young man who dubbed his vocals, Rudy Wissler.
Are there any examples of Scotty Becket's own singing?
A wonderfully done presentation of Rudy's work in the movie.
I have written many of his songs words are so easy to remember
extraordinary singer-extraordinario cantante
After the Ball is just great.
Isn't it? G is the perfect key for it, but unfortunately not to many people do it that way.
When he smiled - it was AL
Beautiful voice. It matched .
To FigAlert...hi...this is Kevin from the IAJS. Good to see you on here! (Paul, outstanding presentation!) For William Gagnon: Al Jolson lobbied for Rudy to play the part too, even though Scotty Beckett had already been signed. So, Rudy was put in a make-up chair at Columbia and their experts (among the best in the business) went to work on him. Afterwards, as Rudy told me, "With *my* Roman nose, it was decided I should stick to singing Asa's part. But Scotty was terrific, and to top it off, he looked like a young Larry Parks."
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And let's not ignore William Demarest on cello. Remember Uncle Charlie on "My Three Sons?"
Why not just let Rudy play the young Al Jolson as well as sing his songs? Rudy Wissler was a good-looking kid, and, oh, what a magnificent voice!
I have never heard better.
Scotty Beckett mimed very well and was a very popular child actor.
Yes, I miss the "Ave Maria" sequence too, though it's interesting to learn that it wasn't Rudy actually in the film...wonder why not? Or, if Scotty COULD sing, why overdub him at all, though Rudy's voice is, in many ways, as unforgettable as Jolson's in these sequences. When I first heard Jolson Story was coming out on VHS I was so thrilled. Now we have DVD and blu-ray and even better! My dreams have all come true!
Because Scotty looked like a young Larry Parks and Rudy didn't.
Pone la piel de gallina
More trivia facts for fans of The Jolson Story:
1. Virginia Rees dubbed the singing voice of Evelyn Keyes, cantor Saul Silverman did the same for Ludwig Donath and Rudy Wissler dubbed Scotty Beckett.
2. William Demarest, who plays a character named Steve Martin, plays a similar role, also named Steve Martin, with the real Al Jolson in Warner's The Jazz Singer nineteen years earlier. ua-cam.com/video/vVm9nsUb4sw/v-deo.htmlsi=LEj8JDC8Kgn0lEFG
3. Lew Dockstader and Oscar Hammerstein did not discover Al Jolson. By the time Dockstader signed Jolson in 1908, Jolson had been performing in vaudeville with his brother Harry for several years.
4. In addition to the fee he received for selling the rights to his life story, Al Jolson also was paid $25,000 for recording the songs for the film.
5.When shooting the musical numbers, Larry Parks didn't merely mouth the words to Al Jolson's pre-recorded vocals, as was customary. Instead, he sang along to Jolson's records in full voice so it would look like he was actually singing.
6. In the movie, When Jolson attends the premiere of The Jazz Singer (1927) we hear the soundtrack, but Warner Bros., which owned the rights to The Jazz Singer (1927), would not permit a visual clip to be shown in this film, which was made by Columbia.
7.The film's accuracy was severely compromised by the fact that Al Jolson's third wife, Ruby Keeler, refused to allow her name to appear on screen.
8. James Cagney turned down the lead role in The Jolson Story (1946), which went to Larry Parks.
9. In the long shot of Jolson performing on the "runway", Al Jolson played himself, his only appearance in the film.
10. Scotty Beckett was used instead of Rudy Wissler because of his strong resemblance to Larry Parks.
Thanks so much for all of this great info!!!
Yeah, I miss Ava Maria. But Scotty Becket could sing, too, there's video of him elsewhere on UA-cam. Apparently, something went wrong--maybe his voice was changing, and Rudy had to overdub. I'd like to hear Scotty's original voice recordings
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We’re is the boy from al jolsonis he still alive
That wasn’t the song sang in the film.
What is the title of the 1st song?
BTW That's the real Al Jolson whistling at the end not Rudy. Rudy was an actor he appeared in Gas House Kids Go West (1947), The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947) and Good Luck, Mr. Yates. (1943). And although cute as a boy, he did not resemble Larry Parks which is why they used Scotty Beckett in the movie. Unfortunately Scotty died very young at 38.
Of course it's Al whistling. No one could whistle like Jolson. Let alone a 17/18 year old boy😂
This is supposed to be "Ave Maria." What's with the dubbed song? Rip-off.
For Michael B Wisper: Check my other comment, please. For EmpressDR: Scotty never made any vocal recordings for THE JOLSON STORY. The evidence, so to speak, is in the Library of Congress, from where these soundtrack recordings (without dialogue!) came from.
+KVNDV1 Is there also recordings of the material Al sang without dialogue? Namely, "Ma Blushin'" Rosie and the upbeat finale version of "April Showers"? Would love to hear those!
Yes, do UA-cam searches for them. :)
Tell is TJS AND JSA ON BLU RAY?
He was just try
He was just great
Refectory
He was the best A decongest
Never anyone as good
what is the name of the piece starting at 4:31 ?
What did he go on to do
Why has this been dubbed please.Ava marina is the song.
+Neil Baker This is a Catholic Hymn "Lord, I am not Worthy". IN the movie, he is in a Catholic Home for Run Away Juveniles.
I no this but in TJS it is Ava maria
That was my dad.
No, that wasn’t
This clip is false. In the film, the boys choir are singing the perennial Catholic song "Ave Maria".
Don’t be mean, some of the boys really care. If you wanna stay here - at least fake it!
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i thought jolson was jewish. after all, he lived in Jew York City!!
this clip seems llike a catholilc church choir practice.
and ave maria is very much a catholic hymn, but beautiful no matter who sings it.
+Dassoon Fitz IN that era the orphanages and reform schools were mostly administered by the Catholic Church, However they never turned any one away who was not of their denomination,
That is not the right song with the choir in the Catholic church. They were singing Ave Maria.