The Jazz Singer |
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| Editor:
| Carringer, Robert L.
Balio, Tino |
| Series title: | Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-07664-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 1979 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The Jazz Singer was the first feature length film with spoken dialog as part of the dramatic action. Set in the 1920s, it deals with the elemental conflicts underlying a precise historical moment for the first-generation Jew in America--sacred versus profane, Jew versus Gentile, ascetic versus libertine, deprivation versus economic promise, immobility versus displacement.
The Jazz Singer was the first feature length film with spoken dialog as part of the dramatic action. Set in the 1920s, it deals with the elemental conflicts underlying a precise historical moment for the first-generation Jew in America--sacred versus profane, Jew versus Gentile, ascetic versus libertine, deprivation versus economic promise, immobility versus displacement.