 The Jazz Singer 1927  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, William Demarest, Roscoe Karns, Myrna Loy, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer, Robert Gordon, Richard Tucker, Nat Carr, Will Walling
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.
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 The Wizard of Oz 1925  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Larry Semon
Cast: Dorothy Dwan, Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Bryant Washburn, Virginia Pearson, Charles Murray, Mary Carr, Josef Swickard, Frank Alexander, Otto Lederer
Slapstick comedy–including Oliver Hardy playing the role of the Tin Woodsman–prevails in this silent version of L. Frank Baum's classic tale.
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