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

[David Lennick]

I can remember vividly how the entire family sat through the Lewis version with 
jaws dropping at the blackface ending. I always thought he atoned for it a 
couple of years later on that Saturday night variety series he did, when Sammy 
Davis Jr. came on and they began a soft-shoe version of "Me and My Shadow" and 
Lewis somehow became the shadow.

dl

On 12/13/2011 8:31 PM, Steve Ramm wrote:
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>> From: djwein at earthlink.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:04:58 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The THIRD Jazz Singer being released.
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>> You forgot the Neil Diamond version, with Laurence Olivier as the Rabbi.
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>> Dave Weiner
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> Thanks for reminder Dave. Forgot Neil. And DL - I remember seeing the Lewis one on TV too. I also got the full press release with a bit more info about the souce (apparantly Lewis himself). It's his 80th birthday so lots of Lewis material coming out. I just reviewed the 2 hour David Susskind/ Lewis interview from S'more Ent.
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> Steve (see press release below)
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> Inception Media Group Proudly Presents
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> The Jazz Singer
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>> From the Personal Archives of Jerry Lewis …
> Not Seen Since Its Original Broadcast
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> Rare Television Treasure Available on DVD Feb. 7th
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> LOS ANGELES — Feb. 1, 2012 — For Immediate Release — Celebrating the extraordinary, 80-year career of an iconic show business legend, The Jazz Singer comes to DVD Feb. 7 from Inception Media Group.
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> The groundbreaking physical comedy of Jerry Lewis has earned him the moniker “The King of Comedy.” First on stage at the age of five, Jerry performed alongside his parents in Vaudeville and later left high school to embark on a career of comedic pantomime. His meteoric rise to fame began in 1946 after teaming with partner Dean Martin … and the rest is history.
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> 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.
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> Included are the transfer of a B&W kinescope of the broadcast and an extremely rare video recording, one of the earliest surviving examples of color television. True entertainment history from Lewis’ personal archives, digitally transferred and remastered from original video and audio recordings as well as the kinescope.
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> 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.
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> Also featuring Molly Picon, one of silent film’s biggest stars in the ’20s, she made a successful transition into talkies (including roles in such classics as Fiddler on the Roof) and performed into the ’80s; Anna Maria Alberghetti, the musical Italian bombshell launched on the American screen by Paramount in 1950; and Alan Reed, the burly character who appeared in such classics as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but was best known as the cartoon voice of Fred Flintstone.
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> To quote Jolson in the original movie, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”
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> The Jazz Singer is presented in full screen with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and Dolby Digital 1.0.  Bonus feature includes behind-the scenes photo gallery.
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> About Inception Media Group
> Inception Media Group, LLC is based in Santa Monica, Calif., and is a diversified media company specializing in the production, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures and other filmed entertainment across all media platforms and channels of distribution. Inception Media Group's management team has extensive relationships with exhibitors, retailers, distributors and technology companies, enabling the company to maximize the services performed on behalf of its content partners. Inception Digital Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inception Media Group, provides a wide range of digital encoding, electronic packaging and high-speed delivery services and possesses certified delivery access to all major online, broadcast media and VOD platforms. More information is available at www.inceptionmediagroup.com
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> The Jazz Singer
> Inception Media Group
> Genre:  Classic Television/Drama
> Not Rated
> Format:  DVD Only
> Running Time:  Approx. 60 Minutes
> Suggested Retail Price:  $14.98
> Pre-Order Date:  January 3, 2012
> Street Date:  February 7, 2012
> Catalog #:  IMG1044DVDUPC Code:  #815300010365 		 	   		
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