Comments on: THE JAZZ SINGER: 80th Anniversary http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-jazz-singer-80th-anniversary/ thinking film Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:18:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Danny Fortune http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-jazz-singer-80th-anniversary/#comment-225866 Danny Fortune Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:31:39 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-jazz-singer-80th-anniversary/#comment-225866 Everytime I see Al Jolson get trashed for his "hammy" performances, I keep repeating the same old thing. See him in "HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM" (1933). He is quite toned down by director Lewis Milestone and he actually shares the spotlight with the other actors! The Rogers and Hart score is nice, and much of the dialog is sung in rhyme. This is such an overlooked movie, but it has been available on DVD for years. Incidentally, in England the film had to be retitled as "HALLELUJAH, I'M A TRAMP" because "Bum" seemed to have a slightly different connotation. Everytime I see Al Jolson get trashed for his “hammy” performances, I keep repeating the same old thing. See him in “HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM” (1933). He is quite toned down by director Lewis Milestone and he actually shares the spotlight with the other actors!

The Rogers and Hart score is nice, and much of the
dialog is sung in rhyme. This is such an overlooked movie, but it has been available on DVD for years.

Incidentally, in England the film had to be retitled
as “HALLELUJAH, I’M A TRAMP” because “Bum” seemed to have a slightly different connotation.

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