Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 10/21/2003
SubTitles: English/Japanese
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
This Technicolor follow-up to
Columbia's 1946 blockbuster
The Jolson Story again stars
Larry Parks as legendary entertainer
Al Jolson--and
Jolson himself, as
Parks' singing voice. The story concentrates on
Jolson's tireless activities entertaining the troops during WW II. After VJ day,
Jolson finds that his services are no longer required. Fortunately, he stages a spectacular comeback, thanks in great part to the release of
The Jolson Story! The film's Pirandellian overtones come to a head when
Larry Parks as
Jolson meets
Larry Parks as
Larry Parks. Also returning from
The Jolson Story are
William Demarest as the title character's manager Steve Martin,
Bill Goodwyn as Broadway-producer Tom Baron, and
Ludwig Donath and
Tamara Shayne as
Jolson's old-world parents.
Barbara Hale appears as
Jolson's wife (his third, though this fact is not dwelled upon), renamed Ellen Clark for the moment, while
Myron McCormick plays a composite character based on several Hollywood executives (including, one supposes,
Columbia mogul
Harry Cohn). Song highlights include
"After You've Gone",
"You Made Me Love You",
"Let Me Sing and I'm Happy",
"Sonny Boy",
"About a Quarter to Nine",
"April Showers",
"Back in Your Own Backyard", and, of course,
"Mammy".
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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