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Auction History Result 2c255 JAZZ SINGER herald 1927 classic art of Al Jolson in blackface + more art & many photos, rare! Date Sold 12/12/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Herald (measures 5 1/2" x 7" [14 x 18 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) The Jazz Singer, the classic 1927 Alan Crosland musical biography ("Warner Bros. Supreme Triumph"; "Based upon the play by Samson Raphaelson as produced on the spoken stage by Lewis & Gordon and Sam H. Harris") starring Al Jolson (as Jakie Rabinowitz/Jack Robin), May McAvoy, Warner Oland (as Cantor Rabinowitz), Eugenie Besserer (as Sara Rabinowitz, Jolson's mother), Otto Lederer (as Moisha Yudelson), Robert Gordon (as the young Jakie Rabinowitz), Cantor Joseff Rosenblatt (a real life Cantor who was hired to perform the service in the movie), and Myrna Loy (in an early uncredited role!). Note that this movie is justifiably famous as the first "all talking" movie (even though it was only partially a talkie). Al Jolson was well known as "the world's greatest entertainer", and Samson Raphaelson loosely based his source stage play on Jolson's own life, and George Jessel played the lead on Broadway. When Warner Brothers went to make the first "talking picture" (the movie is widely referred to as the "first talking picture", although it was not "all talking"), they felt that "The Jazz Singer" with its music and strong dramatic content would make a perfect choice, but they went with Jolson in the lead role instead of Jessel. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Hap Hadley & William Auerbach-Levy Important Added Info: Note that we have previously auctioned two examples of this herald, and they sold for $310 and $325! It has the classic silhouette art of Jolson in blackface on its back cover, and that art also appears on the back of the program book, but it never appeared on any first release posters. Condition: good to very good. The herald was folded across the middle and partially folded down the middle, and it has some wear on those folds. Learn More about condition grades 
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