The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson... 13 KB (1,373 words) - 06:48, 11 February 2024 |
 | he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946)... 97 KB (12,723 words) - 21:21, 4 May 2024 |
Jolson Sings Again is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to The Jolson Story (1946), both of which cover... 6 KB (561 words) - 14:59, 27 January 2024 |
 | Larry Parks (category Members of the Communist Party USA) role was Al Jolson, whom he portrayed in two films: The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949). Parks was born in Olathe, Kansas, the son of Nellie... 19 KB (1,836 words) - 18:28, 18 March 2024 |
 | Evelyn Keyes (category Deaths from uterine cancer in the United States) in Columbia's blockbuster hit The Jolson Story (1946). She followed this up with an enjoyable minor screwball comedy, The Mating of Millie, with Glenn... 13 KB (1,005 words) - 03:04, 20 April 2024 |
 | The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the... 11 KB (1,054 words) - 19:44, 19 April 2024 |
 | try his luck on the stage. Adolescence did not hamper his career, as he won important roles as that of young Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, with his singing... 19 KB (2,151 words) - 16:40, 7 November 2023 |
 | Tamara Shayne (category Soviet emigrants to the United States) 1934-61, and is possibly best remembered as Moma Yoelson in The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949). Shayne remained married to Akim Tamiroff... 5 KB (266 words) - 14:29, 19 September 2022 |
 | supporting role in The Jolson Story (1946), playing Al Jolson's fictional mentor. He shared the screen with the real Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. Demarest... 20 KB (2,216 words) - 05:42, 18 April 2024 |
 | Larry Parks, the star of The Jolson Story (1946), the teenager began a recording career as a singer. Page tried to magnify his fame through the wearing of... 6 KB (544 words) - 14:52, 29 April 2024 |
 | Swanee (song) (category Al Jolson songs) in the movies The Jolson Story (1946), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and Jolson Sings Again (1949). For the song's performance in The Jolson Story, Jolson, rather... 7 KB (736 words) - 03:07, 6 June 2023 |
 | biographical movie The Jolson Story in 1946, where it was lip-synced by actor Larry Parks. Popular recordings in 1926 were by Jolson, Roger Wolfe Kahn... 7 KB (543 words) - 06:13, 1 May 2024 |
Scoring of a Musical Picture, but did not win; the Oscar went to Morris Stoloff for The Jolson Story. The film is recognized by American Film Institute... 16 KB (1,838 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2024 |
19th Academy Awards (category March 1947 events in the United States) (Presenter: Best Original Song) Robert Montgomery (Presenter: Best Motion Picture Story, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Screenplay) Shirley Temple (Presenter:... 21 KB (591 words) - 14:40, 21 February 2024 |
 | Ludwig Donath (category Austrian expatriate male actors in the United States) (1966). Donath played the father of entertainer Al Jolson (Larry Parks) in the two biopics The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949), although... 7 KB (596 words) - 20:04, 23 April 2024 |
 | You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) (category Al Jolson songs) 23613. Jolson also performed the song for the soundtrack of the 1946 film The Jolson Story. In 1937, Roger Edens wrote additional lyrics to the song for... 13 KB (1,570 words) - 18:24, 3 May 2024 |
 | My Mammy (category Al Jolson songs) Parks) singing the song in The Jolson Story (1946). The group The Happenings revived the song in 1967 with a recording that reached #13 on the Billboard Hot... 4 KB (486 words) - 04:46, 16 January 2024 |
Girl and The Jolson Story. While on the latter film, Chaplin and Al Jolson penned the million-selling hit tune The Anniversary Song. In the late 1940s... 8 KB (735 words) - 18:01, 26 March 2024 |
1946 in film (redirect from 1946 in the cinema) and Lionel Barrymore Ivan the Terrible The Jolson Story, a biopic of Al Jolson starring Larry Parks The Kid from Brooklyn The Killers, directed by Robert... 24 KB (2,361 words) - 12:01, 30 April 2024 |
contract. She had roles in Winged Victory and The Jolson Story, and many television roles, including The Frank Sinatra Show, Adventures of Kit Carson,... 12 KB (1,021 words) - 21:45, 23 April 2024 |
 | Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) (category Al Jolson songs) "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" appeared in the films The Jazz Singer (1927), Rose of Washington Square (1939), The Jolson Story (1946), I'll See You in My Dreams... 5 KB (425 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2023 |
= 2,859 in total Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) each earned 11 Academy... 107 KB (635 words) - 17:07, 25 March 2024 |
 | by Al Jolson. Based on the 1925 play of the same title by Samson Raphaelson, the plot was adapted from his short story "The Day of Atonement". The film... 56 KB (7,430 words) - 03:53, 4 May 2024 |
 | Academy Award for Best Actor (redirect from List of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actor (by actor)) Best Writing (Original Story) – for Charles Chaplin. However, the Academy subsequently decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive award categories... 161 KB (4,540 words) - 19:53, 30 April 2024 |
 | included in the biographical films The Jolson Story (1946) and The Benny Goodman Story (1956), and is also being noodled by Sam (Dooley Wilson) at the piano... 8 KB (814 words) - 14:53, 12 February 2024 |
 | April Showers (song) (category Al Jolson songs) Sylva. The song was introduced in the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo, where it was performed by Al Jolson. It became a well-known Jolson standard: the first... 8 KB (736 words) - 20:13, 19 April 2024 |
 | It's a Wonderful Life (category Films based on American short stories) including four of the five for which It's a Wonderful Life was nominated. (The award for "Best Sound Recording" was won by The Jolson Story.) The Best Years... 91 KB (10,719 words) - 03:24, 29 April 2024 |
 | including The Stork Club (1945), The Jolson Story (1946), and Jolson Sings Again (1949). He played the role of Sherman Billingsley in The Stork Club... 10 KB (973 words) - 00:58, 6 March 2024 |
1944 The Mummy's Curse, 1944 Wilson, 1944 The Bride Wore Boots, 1945 Leave Her to Heaven, 1945 The Jolson Story, 1946 Song of the South, 1946 The Yearling... 24 KB (2,081 words) - 04:55, 27 March 2024 |
 | Joseph H. Lewis (category People from the Upper East Side) Ross (1945) The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) So Dark the Night (1946) The Jolson Story (1946, musical sequences only) The Swordsman (1948) The Return of... 8 KB (881 words) - 09:54, 6 April 2024 |