Download or read book Jolson written by Michael Freedland and published by Pub Overstock Unlimited Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Jolson, star of the world's first talking picture and self-proclaimed world's greatest entertainer, blazed many trails through show business. He was also the first to appear on American television and the first to release a long-playing record in Britain.
Download or read book Jolson written by Herbert G. Goldman and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a sure eye for the revealing anecdote, Goldman chronicles each step of Al Jolson's colorful life: his early struggles with his brother, Harry, on the vaudeville and burlesque circuit; his rise to stardom on Broadway, which prompted a Variety writer to proclaim, "The Shuberts may run the Winter Garden, but Al Jolson owns it"; his glory at the pinnacle of national fame, which came with his appearances in the movies The Jazz Singer (the first "talking picture") and The Singing Fool; his subsequent decline and brief resurgence after the film biography The Jolson Story was released in 1946; and his final round of appearances in 1950, entertaining American troops in Korea just before his death. Goldman explores the complexities of the Jolson personality, as revealed in his four stormy marriages and his relations with his family, business associates, friends, and enemies.
Download or read book Jolson written by Michael Freedland and published by Vallentine Mitchell. This book was released on 2007 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published as 'Al Jolson' in 1972 by W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book Al Jolson written by Robert Oberfirst and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Only in America written by Richard Bernstein and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A probing biography of world-renowned Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson and the history of his performance in and the making of The Jazz Singer Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from a shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1894 after his father secured a job as a rabbi in Washington, D.C. A poor, Yiddish-speaking newcomer navigating a racially segregated and antisemitic America, young Jolson dreamed of becoming a star, and he did. Thanks to his immense talent and his knack for assimilating into new environments, by the time he reached his twenties he was the most famous and highly paid entertainer in America, making almost $5,000 a week at a time when the average American made $800 a year. Jolson’s public adoration and widespread acceptance as a star marked the beginning of an enriching cultural transformation, a moment when the American mind opened up to ethnic and racial differences, widening the gap of acceptability. And yet Jolson himself, despite being ferociously ambitious and gigantically talented, was crippled by insecurity, often nervous to the point of collapse, prisoner to his many vices. Through Jolson, Bernstein simultaneously breaks open the history and legacy of the cultural sensation The Jazz Singer. Not only was The Jazz Singer the first feature length film with synchronized music and dialogue, but it was also taboo smashing in its content: The Jazz Singer is all about Jews, Orthodox and otherwise. Bernstein expounds on the making of The Jazz Singer, what the film meant then and now, introducing the many individuals involved in its production, including Samson Raphaelson, a young Jewish writer whose short story was the basis for the movie; the four Warner brothers, who made a fortune off it; and George Jessel, Jolson’s rival and the star of Raphaelson's stage adaptation of his short story. In the background emerges a picture of old Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties: cutthroat and greedy yet visionary and progressive. And while The Jazz Singer represented the future in many ways, it also dredged up the worst of the past, including Jolson’s use of blackface, common at the time. At once a tale of the Judaizing of American culture and an acknowledgment of the challenges to come, Only in America is a glistening examination of a man at the center of a watershed moment in the arts.
Download or read book The Man Behind the Nose written by Larry Harmon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Behind the Nose is the autobiography of the man who was Bozo. For 50 years Larry Harmon was the face—and the nose—of Bozo the Clown, the most well-known, beloved clown of them all, the precursor for every successful modern-day harlequin to come, from Ronald McDonald to Krusty. A warm, surprising, and endlessly entertaining life story filled to the brim with “Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales,” The Man Behind the Nose is a rollicking ride through the world of a true American icon in greasepaint.
Download or read book Blackface to Blacklist written by Doug McClelland and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the film's making and contextualizes it within African-American and cinematic historical contexts.
Download or read book Al Jolson written by James Fisher and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1994-01-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a sketch of the life and a comprehensive record of the career of "The World's Greatest Entertainer" (c.1886-1950). Following a 37- page biography and an 8-page chronology, are chapters devoted to Jolson's stage, film, recording, and broadcast career. Each of these chapters contains annotated entries for Jolson's performances. A bibliography includes entries for books, periodicals, and newspaper articles. Appendices list stage shows based on Jolson's life, along with newsreels, cartoons, awards, and endorsements related to his career. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Al Jolson written by Larry F. Kiner and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of legendary stage, film, record, and radio entertainer Jolson's (1886-1950) career and touring data. The volume provides extensive data on each of the performances, including dates, location, and accompaniment. The identities of the musicians and their respective instruments have also been included, along with all other performers involved (e.g. chorus members). All known recordings are listed by label name, catalog numbers, size, speed, and format. Additionally, the disposition of unissued "takes" and record company comments are included. With loads of great illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Al Jolson written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc I. Leavey presents a resource about the American (Lithuanian born) popular singer and movie actor Al Jolson (1886-1950), originally named Asa Yoelson. The resource includes a biography, information about Jolson's recordings, and his movies.
Download or read book Mistah Jolson written by Harry Jolson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of one of the greatest stage performers of his time Harry Jolson. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book The Real Story of Al Jolson written by Martin Abramson and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional Contributing Authors Are Eddie Cantor And Walter Winchell.
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Download or read book Hollywood Songsters Garland to O Connor written by James Robert Parish and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of musicals, singing, Hollywood history, and the lives of stars, no other work equals this new three-volume reference to the on- and off-camera careers of more than 100 performers who made major contributions to the American screen musical. From June Allyson to Mae West, Hollwood Songsters provides a detailed narrative-ranging from 2,000 to 5000 words each-of the lives and careers of stars forever etched in our memories. Each entry includes a filmography, discography (of both albums and CDs), Broadway appearances, radio work, television appearances and series, and a full-page photo of the subject. This is the ideal reference work for everyone one from the mildly curious to the devoted fan.
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Download or read book Al Jolson written by James Fisher and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1994-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a sketch of the life and a comprehensive record of the career of "The World's Greatest Entertainer" (c.1886-1950). Following a 37- page biography and an 8-page chronology, are chapters devoted to Jolson's stage, film, recording, and broadcast career. Each of these chapters contains annotated entries for Jolson's performances. A bibliography includes entries for books, periodicals, and newspaper articles. Appendices list stage shows based on Jolson's life, along with newsreels, cartoons, awards, and endorsements related to his career. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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