Alan Crosland

Name: The Jazz Singer
Author: Alan Crosland

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Summary

“The Jazz Singer”, published in 1927, is a work by Alan Crosland. It explores elements such as Jakie, Cantor and jazz.

Quotes from The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland)

Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ Jakie Rabinowitz
You like that slapping business?
Jakie Rabinowitz
Never saw the sun shining so bright.
Never saw things going so right.
Noticing the days hurrying by.
When you're in love, oh do they fly.
Blue days, all of them gone—
Cantor Rabinowitz
Stop!
"Papa, have you no word for your son?"
"You dare to bring your jazz songs into my house!"
"I taught you to sing the songs of Israel—to take my place in the synagogue!"
"You're of the old world! If you were born here, you'd feel the same as I do——"
"—tradition is all right, but this is another day! ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ It is as honorable to sing in the theatre as in the synagogue!"
"My songs mean as much to my audience as yours to your congregation!"
"Leave my house! I never want to see you again—you jazz singer!" ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ CANTOR JOSEFF ROSENBLATT
In every living soul, a spirit cries for expression——perhaps this plaintive, wailing song of Jazz is, after all, the misunderstood utterance of a prayer.
The New York Ghetto—throbbing to that rhythm of music which is older than civilization.
Cantor Rabinowitz, chanter of hymns in the synagogue, stubbornly held to the ancient traditions of his race.
"Tonight Jakie is to sing Kol Nidre. He should be here!"
Sara Rabinowitz. God made her a woman and Love made her a Mother.
"Maybe our boy doesn't want to be a Cantor, Papa—"
"What has he to say? ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ This dress rehearsal's just as important as the show tonight!"
Song: "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You" ()
Jakie Rabinowitz
Mother, I'm sorry I wandered away,
Breaking your heart as I did.
Now that I'm grown up, I've come back to say
Things that I felt as a kid, Dear.
Mother of mine, when friends all doubt me,
I still have you, somehow you're just the same.
Mother divine, with your arms around me,
I know I'm not to blame.
When skies are sunny, ain't it funny,
That's when my pals all want me.
When things go wrong and they don't want me,
Mother, I still have you. ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:
The principal director The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound) The cinematographer By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot The longest-living of these authors died in 1983, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 40 years or less. ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ Jakie Rabinowitz had become Jack Robin——the Cantor's son, a jazz singer. But fame was still an uncaptured bubble——
- - - Al Jolson.
"Jack Robin will sing 'Dirty Hands, Dirty Face.' They say he's good—we shall see."
"Wish me luck, Pal—I'll certainly need it."
Song: "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" ()
Jakie Rabinowitz
Wonderful pals are always hard to find. ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ Sara Rabinowitz
Yeah?
Jakie Rabinowitz
Yes. We're gonna ride on the Shoot the Chute. And, you know, in the dark mill?
Sara Rabinowitz
Yeah?
Jakie Rabinowitz
Ever been in the dark mill?
Sara Rabinowitz
Oh, no, I wouldn't.
Jakie Rabinowitz
Well, with me it's all right. I'll kiss you and hug you. You'll see if I don't. Now, Mama. Mama, stop now. You're getting kittenish. Mama, listen, I'm gonna sing this like I will if I go on the stage, you know, with this show. I'm gonna sing it jazzy. Now, get this.
Song: "Blue Skies" ()
Jakie Rabinowitz
Blue skies smiling at me, me-me-me. ”

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Alan Crosland, The Jazz Singer (1927)

“ The season passes—and time heals—the show goes on.
WINTER GARDEN
JACK ROBIN
THE JAZZ SINGER
Song: "My Mammy" ()
Jakie Rabinowitz
Mammy, Mammy,
The sun shines east, the sun shines west,
But I know where the sun shines best. ”

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