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AL JOLSON (personality) AL JOLSON (personality) trade ad OR search current auctions Auction History Result 1m073 AL JOLSON trade ad '28 great portrait of the legendary star + four Singing Fool scenes! Date Sold 10/9/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Trade Ad (measures 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 cm]; 2 pages) (Learn More) Al Jolson was a legendary actor/singer from the 1910s to the 1940s. He started in vaudeville, performing in minstrel shows in blackface, and later was the number one star of Broadway in the 1920s, and was called "the world's greatest entertainer", and Warner Bros. chose him to star in the first "talking movie", The Jazz Singer, which was based on a play about Jolson's life (but oddly, George Jessel played the role on Broadway!). He had a string of hit movies in the 1930s, and he married Ruby Keeler, and as her star ascended, his declined (see "A Star is Born", for a story loosely based on their marriage). During World War II, he entertained the troops overseas, and afterwards, he was "re-discovered", and a musical biography of his life was made, "The Jolson Story", with Larry Parks in the lead role, lip synching Jolson's own singing, and a sequel was made, "Jolson Sings Again". He passed away in 1950 at the age of 64. Important Added Info: Note that this is a cool ad for Al Jolson's Brunswick Records. One side had a portrait of Jolson and the other has scenes from his latest movie, "The Singing Fool" (see our images of both sides). We don't know how this was used or distributed. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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