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Al Jolson "The Jazz Singer" performing in blackface make-up, 1927 (photograph)

Al Jolson "The Jazz Singer" performing in blackface make-up, 1927 (photograph)
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Image title
Al Jolson "The Jazz Singer" performing in blackface make-up, 1927 (photograph)
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Photographer
American Photographer, (20th century) / American
Location
Private Collection
Medium
photograph
Date
1927 AD (C20th AD)
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first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in several isolated sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the silent film era.

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Bridgeman Images
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