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Director: Alan Crosland    More Info
Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, William Demarest, Roscoe Karns, Myrna Loy, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker

 Although this film is considered the first "talkie," in reality it is a silent film with a musical score. Al Jolson plays Jack Robin, the son of a cantor (Warner Oland) who, to his father's regret, finds jazz more appealing than the music of his father's synagogue. Warner Brothers received an Honorary Oscar for this pioneer talkie.

Director: Harry Beaumont    More Info
Starring: Anita Page, Bessie Love, Charles King, Jed Prouty, Kenneth Thomson, Mary Doran, Eddie Kane, James Gleason

 This film captured the Oscar for Best Picture. Cole Porter songs are the backdrop for two vaudeville sisters (Anita Page and Bessie Love) who are in love with the same man. Nominations also went to Bessie Love and Director Harry Beaumont.

Director: John W. Harkrider    More Info
Starring: Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Gloria Shea, Dan Healy, Kaye Renard, Sarah Edwards, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

 Department store employee Gloria Hughes (Mary Eaton) is in love with fellow worker Buddy Moore (Edward Crandall), but she aspires to perform in vaudeville. One day, Danny Miller (Dan Healy) spots Gloria, they become dance partners, and gain stardom. But, in the process, Gloria leaves Buddy behind. Will Gloria find true happiness without Buddy?

Director: Charles Riesner    More Info
Starring: Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Bessie Love, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Jack Benny, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Buster Keaton

 This was the premier for a series of films starring Hollywood production company stars. Silent-screen M.G.M. stars appear in speaking roles, and musical numbers contribute to the film.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch    More Info
Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth, Edgar Norton, Eugene Pallette, E.H. Calvert, Lionel Belmore, Virginia Bruce, Ben Turpin

 A fun-loving diplomat (Maurice Chevalier) is recalled to his country, Sylvania, due to his escapades in France. Back home, the Queen's (Jeanette MacDonald) Cabinet demands that she get married. The Queen selects the diplomat, and the fun and music continue. A good early talkie, which received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.

Director: Marshall Neilan    More Info
Starring: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite

 College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.