The Singing Fool, a movie, with the lead role of Al Jolson, appeared in 1928, as a follow up movie to his earlier talkies, The Jazz Singer. The Singing Fool was an instant box office draw, and is credited with popularizing the talking films to a wider audience. The Singing Fool also paved the way for a wider acceptance of sound features of movies. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Seredzius, Lithuania, May 26, 1886 - October 23, 1950) was an American singer and the immigrant son of a Russian Jew. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie notable for being the first talking motion picture to be widely commercially distributed. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...
A melodramic musical movie about a successful singer, who goes on "skids", after the death of his son. Jolson sang the "Sony Boy", which made the picture famous.
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The Singing Fool (http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=110318)
At the very moment that Al was singing, this certain well known producer was seated at a table with his party, and it occurred to him that this was a song that would go over big in a theatre.
Sing me the song about the boy." When Al had finished singing him to sleep, the boy's eyes were closed.
It was strange singing "Sonny Boy" to anyone but Sonny Boy, and he imagined him in his arms as he used to sing him to sleep.
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