[78-L] The THIRD Jazz Singer being released.

[Steve Ramm]

Jolson's and Danny Thomas' version were out. NOW comes JERRY LEWIS's
 
See below.
 




Celebrating the extraordinary, 80-year career of  iconic show business legend Jerry Lewis, The Jazz Singer comes to DVD Feb. 7 from Inception Media Group.
While the vast majority of Lewis’ extraordinary body of work is readily available, The Jazz Singer – a rare dramatic performance by Lewis, produced as a special for NBC’s Lincoln-Mercury Startime TV series – has never been rebroadcast or distributed in any home format since its original 1959 airing. 
In this tribute to the 1927 Al Jolson film classic, Cantor Rabinowitz (Eduard Franz, The Ten Commandments, Hatari!) is upset that son Joey (Lewis) has no interest in becoming a cantor in the synagogue, a family tradition for five generations. Worse yet, he’s left home to pursue a career as a jazz singer and comedian … no laughing matter to his father. After struggling for years, Joey is about to get his big break. But when the cantor suddenly falls gravely ill, Joey grapples with filling in for his ailing father … or seizing the opportunity to be a star.  
To quote Jolson in the original movie, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”