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5.0After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
Released: 1928-09-29102 minDir: Lloyd BaconDrama, MusicBudget: $388,000Box office: $5.9M
Cast
- Al Jolson as Al Stone
- Betty Bronson as Grace
- Josephine Dunn as Molly Winton
- Arthur Housman as Blackie Joe
- Reed Howes as John Perry
- Davey Lee as Sonny Boy
Themes
- musical
- silent film
- based on short story
- vaudeville
- singer-songwriter
- struggling artist
- blackface
- part-talkie
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
- Screenwriter
- Joseph Jackson
- Cast member
- Helen Lynch
- Composer
- Louis Silvers
- Production company
- Vitaphone
- Cinematographer
- Byron Haskin
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 952908
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- publication date
- 1928-09-19
- title
- The Singing Fool
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- The Singing Fool
- capital cost
- 388000
- box office
- 5916000
- public domain date
- 2024-01-01
- copyright status
- public domain
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