Jolson Sings Again (1949) Part 8
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2011
- In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jolson back to earth - and to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin, Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses from exhaustion it takes young, pretty nurse Ellen Clark to show him there's more to life than "just rushing around".
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AL JOLSON WAS A FAVOURITE SINGER OF MINE AS A BOY,AND I STILL LOVE HIS MUSIC AT THE AGE OF 82,STILL SING ALONG WITH HIM.
"I don't think anyone cares about the facts of my life." Well, the certainly took him at his word. Yet, one of my favorite movies of all time. I never tire of it.(nor the sequel)
My grandparents favourite singer..... This is how I know about him .... Got to say I now pass it on to my grandkids......😉🇬🇧
Amazing
I loved al Jolson since I was a little boy about 10 when I believe I saw him singing a movie on TV. I love his singing and mimicking him since I was young and still doing it.
i love this movie, as well as the original. I actually prefer Jolson's voice in these movies than his younger days. I agree his voice got better with age, it really is warmer, with more heart. Man i hope they one day release these on bluray.
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Yes Jolson’s voice was better as he got older
El hombre inolvidable y Canta el corazon. Dos peliculas maravillosas. 💕🌸🇦🇷
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.
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 'Swanee' on the "runway", 56:54, 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 for the interesting side bar & tidbits of info.
Love this movie and the music.One of my favourite films.
Brilliant movie 🎥
Maravilloso!!!!!
I get a kick out of Parks meeting Parks.
Hold on was a narcasistic but brilliant
this can make me smile and make my day!!!! thank you
Listen to....Im crying just for you....and all the Kraft music. Hall shows from the 40s.....Jolson sinatra elvis..the first 3 kings ..in that order...the 1st superstars
They show "Jolson" recording in the 1940s,how about the records he did in the 1920s? Jolson had to sing in a big megaphone, and he was moving around so much (you're supposed to hold still then) they had to put him in a strait-jacket!
The best
At 8'25: Larry Parks meets Larry Parks! LOL!
This I think was the best part of both movies. Thanks for posting.
The story of how "The Jolson Story" was made is reasonably accurate; Jolson did create a sensation by performing at a Hollywood benefit in the mid 40's and Sidney Skolsky formulated the idea of a biographical movie with a young actor lip synching to Jolson's singing. His career was in eclipse and the unexpected success of the film revived Jolson's career; he signed a new recording contract, appeared on radio to a new generation and filmed this sequel.
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I don't care how closely accurate it is to Jolson's life i just think what Wonderful Entertainment both films are with Latty Parks Wonderful acting and perfect miming and Jolson's Voice the best it ever sounded bringing him a whole new Generation of fans (likr myself) and ysei read all about how he never stopped trying to get the producers to let him play himself.... sorry A.J. but without Larry 'turning me on' i' wouldn't have fallen in love with your voice. TCM very Rarely shows these Two of the Best Musical and i'd like to know why... i've written them also, it can't be because of the "political controversy" because they show Elia Kazan's & Van Heflin'"s & many others!!!! Thank gppdness for DVDs but it's still not right! Thank you Columbia!!!
💓💕 Este ator reprenzentou divinamente o Al JoS9N💋💕
Me desculpa ,AL JOSON ,É 0URA EMOÇÃO TER ELE AQUI ,EU AMO ELE...MEU CORAÇÃO TEM MUITO AMORERES ELE É UM DELES💋💔💕💋💋💋💋💞
Re a previous comment: it’s true there couldn’t be a remake of The Jolson Story today, because of the “blackface” scenes alone. But there was a stage musical presented about 25 years ago (British production). It eliminated almost all the blackface references, and was very entertaining. The audience actually sang along with some of the songs (e.g. April Showers).
How convenient that Gerry Parks was able to be there for Larry so they could make this seen believable #brotherlylove
The address of the building at 4:36 is accurate; 1438 N. Gower Street, where Columbia Studios had sound stages. It still exists today as "Sunset Gower Studios."
Thanks so much for putting this up. I really loved this movie.... but I think you're missing the ending.... Look forward to seeing the rest of the movie!
love jolson films wish I had a pound for every time I watched the films. my guess they do a new bio of jolson in 2027 see if my vision comes true ?
In these days. No way. Jolson is too edgy for the people of today. If anything, you'll see CNN knocking him for black face
@@columbiariverpussycat3769 And as long as those afraid of worrying about others thinking they are interested in old stuff, you will be right!
Most of this account of how The Jolson Story came into being is reasonably accurate; Jolson had performed at a star studded benefit in the mid 40s and created a sensation. That activated studio interest in a biographical film about Jolson and his performing career. Jolson initially wanted to play himself, and he had to be convinced that he couldn't credibly portray himself as a young man during the 20s. After several established stars were considered, Larry Parks, a Columbia contract player who was very talented, although he bore no real resemblance to Jolson, was cast and Jolson, whose voice was still strong and clear, re-recorded all of his greatest hits for the soundtrack of the film. The centerpiece of The Jolson Story was the relationship between the entertainer and musical star Ruby Keeler; she refused to allow her name to be used, accordingly, the Evelyn Keyes love interest was called Julie Benson. Parks was sensational and he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, losing to Laurence Olivier. Jolson's career was rejuvenated by the success of the film, and this sequel was made. Parks tragically was a victim of the Hollywood blacklist, and his thriving career came to a halt in films, although he continued to perform with his Wife, Betty Garrett, on stage.
He lost academy award to Fredrick Match in Best years of our lives
I enjoy the singing and music. RIP
@@bufb NO, I'll always say March got Larry Parks Oscar! And the movie "Worst Years..." I saw it on TV twice, and never saw it again, "The Jolson Story " I've been watching since the 1960s, many, many times, lost count on how many times...
This is so "meta". Larry Parks is playing Jolson, while Jolson is dubbing him.Then, Jolson is also dubbing Larry Parks, while he is also playing a younger Larry Parks.The, to make it even more confusing, in "Jolson Sings" there is a sequence when Jolson plays himself, so he has dubbed himself playing himself.
We ain't heard nothing yet
We ain't sawed nothing best
They called it "Trick Photography".
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I was just wondering about that and read your comment !! Thank you so much...how do you know these things??
I made the comment a while back, but I think I'm recalling it correctly: When I saw the address on the building, I used Google Maps to see if it actually existed.
1438 Gower Street was the address of Columbia Pictures practically from its inception in the mid-1920s until it left the spot in the early 1970s to share studio space with Warner Bros. in Burbank.
I'm not a fan of Jolson, but the orchestra playing on this is excellent. Is that Barbara Hale in the film!?
Branding Larry Parks a Communist in McCarthy’s witch hunt ruined Larry’s entire career. Tragic…
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A long log than time ago
Jolson sang some great songs, but he also made smash hits of some pretty poor ones.
the orchestra leader tryed to tell al jolson how to sing his songs. jolie waved a roll of thousand dollar bills under his nose and said, this is what i made in show business lets see yours. moral of the story, you dont tell the king how his songs to sing.
The "Orchestra leader" depicted was Morris Stoloff, who did all right by himself. Stoloff was head of music at Columbia Pictures from 1937 to 1960. He was nominated for numerous Oscars while winning two for adapted scores ("The Jolson Story" and "Cover Girl."). He was respected in the industry so well that Frank Sinatra lured him away from Columbia to become musical director for Reprise Records. And, oh yes, he was the first mentor at Columbia for a young piano player/ orchestrator named John Williams.
No, I read Jolson showed a man, under his nose thousands of dollars and said, " This is how much I make every week, what have you got? And the man said, "I've got friends."
Jolson approached Barbara Stanwyck, and said to her in his inimitable way, "I've got twenty million dollars in the bank, do ya wanna help me spend it". She replied, "Go stuff it" That's Jolie and that's Stanwyck
A great picture about the greatest entertainer with the dumbest line in motion picture history. “Playback voice and music!” It had to be, it was mixed MONAURAL!