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Herbert Beerbohm Tree made a silent film version in 1899 entitled King John. It is a short film consisting of the King's death throes in Act V, Scene vii and is the earliest surviving film adaptation of a Shakespearean play. King John is the title by which the earliest known example of a film based on a play by William Shakespeare is commonly known. Filmed in London, England, in September 1899, at the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company's open-air studio on the Embankment, it was a silent film made from four very short separate films. Each of those films showed a heavily edited scene from Herbert Beerbohm Tree's forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare's mid-1590s play, King John, at Her Majesty's Theatre London. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

Attack on a China Mission is a 1900 British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, showing some sailors coming to the rescue of the wife of a missionary killed by Boxers.The four-shot film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, was innovative in content and technique. It incorporated a reverse-angle cut and at least two dozen performers, whereas most dramatic films of the era consisted of single-figure casts and very few shots. Film historian John Barnes claims Attack on a China Mission had "the most fully developed narrative" of any English film up to that time. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

Early French Supernatural Film - The Devil in a Convent (French: Le Diable au couvent), released in the UK as "The Sign of the Cross", or the Devil in a Convent, is an 1899 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

Cinderella (French: Cendrillon) is an 1899 French trick film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, where it is advertised as a grande féerie extraordinaire en 20 tableaux. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

This film begins with a Newspaper Headline announcing the fight. We see the fighters being fanned by towels (in between rounds) and then the fight resumes. Jeffries, in the light trunks, knocks down Fitzsimmons, in the dark trunks. The round ends and the fighters are again fanned with towels before the next round. There is no record of what round is seen in this film, however. What is known is the information given in the Newspaper Headline: The Bout took place on Coney Island Thursday, June 9, 1899, and it was a Championship fight. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

A comic actor's transformation of six characters in six different hats. Louis Lumiere (1895) Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

“Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat” was shot in 1895 but did not publicly screen for the first time until January 1896. The silent short film runs 50 seconds and depicts a train pulling into a train station in the French coastal town of La Ciotat. L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (translated from French into English as The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat [US] and The Arrival of the Mail Train, and in the United Kingdom as Train Pulling into a Station) is an 1895 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Contrary to myth, it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896. It is indexed as Lumière No. 653. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. The Library of Congress copy is silent. Features two men dancing to a violinist. Performer: W.K.L. Dickson or Charles D'Almaine. Camera, William Heise. Filmed ca. September 1894 to April 2, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio. OTHER TITLES Variant title: [Dickson violin] CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [Edison Manufacturing Co., 1895]. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca

Too Late For Tears - Starring Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy and Kristine Miller; with Denver Pyle and Barry Kelley. A woman (Lizabeth Scott) kills her husband and plots with a private eye (Dan Duryea) after someone tosses a moneybag into her car. Too Late for Tears is a 1949 American film noir starring Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, and Dan Duryea. Directed by Byron Haskin, its plot follows a ruthless woman who resorts to multiple murders in an attempt to retain a suitcase containing US$60,000 ($588,000 in 2022) that does not belong to her. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, developed from a serial he wrote for The Saturday Evening Post. Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, and Barry Kelley appear in support. Originally released by United Artists in the summer of 1949, the film was reissued under the alternate title Killer Bait in 1955. It received mixed reviews from critics. The film was a box-office bomb, and its financial failure resulted in the film's producer, Hunt Stromberg, filing bankruptcy. In the years since its release, it has been noted for featuring one of Scott's strongest performances, and her character one of the most vicious femme fatales in film noir. In 2015, the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Film Noir Foundation undertook extensive restoration of the film, combining elements sourced from France with additional material from the surviving 35 mm and 16 mm prints. The restored version of the film was released in 2016 on Blu-ray by Flicker Alley in the United States, and Arrow Films in the United Kingdom. The film has developed a cult following in the years since its release. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Too Late for Tears is a 1949 American film noir starring Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, and Dan Duryea. Directed by Byron Haskin, its plot follows a ruthless woman who resorts to multiple murders in an attempt to retain a suitcase containing US$60,000 ($588,000 in 2022) that does not belong to her. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, developed from a serial he wrote for The Saturday Evening Post. Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, and Barry Kelley appear in support. Originally released by United Artists in the summer of 1949, the film was reissued under the alternate title Killer Bait in 1955. It received mixed reviews from critics. The film was a box-office bomb, and its financial failure resulted in the film's producer, Hunt Stromberg, filing bankruptcy. In the years since its release, it has been noted for featuring one of Scott's strongest performances, and her character one of the most vicious femme fatales in film noir. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips Movie Trailers https://classicclips.ca/trailers/movie_trailers.html Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Go West - Starring Buster Keaton, Kathleen Myers, Howard Truesdale and Ray Thompson; with the Cow, "Brown Eyes." Go West is a 1925 American silent Western comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton portrays Friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. Once there, he tries his hand at bronco-busting, cattle wrangling and dairy farming, eventually forming a bond with a cow named "Brown Eyes." Eventually he finds himself leading a herd of cattle through Los Angeles. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The Covered Wagon - Starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson; with James Cruze, Alan Hale Sr., Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Charles Stanton Ogle and Johnny Fox. Based on Emerson Hough's book about the hardships faced by pioneers during their westward trek across America. The action is set in 1848. Two caravans of expatriates unite in Kansas and travel 2,000 miles west to start a new life in Oregon. The leader of the settlers is the elderly father and natural authority, Wingate. Scouts are the headstrong Sam Woodhull and the kind-hearted, talented Will Banion. Banion has a secret around a crime he is said to have committed in the army. The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate. On their quest they experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Our Hospitality - Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts and Natalie Talmadge; with Craig Ward, Buster Keaton Jr., Francis X. Bushman Jr., Edward Coxen and Kitty Bradbury. Sole heir Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) journeys by train from New York City to Kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decades-old feud with the Canfield family. En route, he meets and is smitten with young beauty Virginia (Natalie Talmadge), who invites him to dinner, but he realizes too late that she is the only daughter of patriarch Joseph Canfield (Joe Roberts). The rules of hospitality protect McKay from harm in their house, but he must outwit her brothers to resolve the feud. Our Hospitality is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Starring Keaton, Joe Roberts, and Natalie Talmadge and distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, it uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, caught in the middle of the infamous "Canfield–McKay" feud, an obvious satire of the real-life Hatfield–McCoy feud. It was a groundbreaking work for the comedy film genre, as Keaton included "careful integration of gags into a dramatically coherent storyline", "meticulous attention to period detail" and beautiful cinematography and extensive location shooting" - in considerable contrast to the era's other slapstick comedies. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Scaramouche - Starring Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone and Lloyd Ingraham; with George Siegmann, Howard Gaye, Otto Matieson and John George. An 18th-century Frenchman (Ramon Novarro) poses as a clown and meets a master swordsman in a duel of revenge. Scaramouche is a 1923 silent swashbuckler film based on the 1921 novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, directed by Rex Ingram, released by Metro Pictures, and starring Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone and Lloyd Ingraham. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Charade - Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Walter Matthau; with James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass and Jacques Marin After Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name? Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy mystery film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres, suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Charade was praised by critics for its screenplay and the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn.It has been called "the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made". It was filmed on location in Paris and contains animated titles by Maurice Binder. Henry Mancini's score features the popular theme song, "Charade". In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy mystery film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres, suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Charade was praised by critics for its screenplay and the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn.It has been called "the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made". It was filmed on location in Paris and contains animated titles by Maurice Binder. Henry Mancini's score features the popular theme song, "Charade". In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips Movie Trailers https://classicclips.ca/trailers/movie_trailers.html Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The King of Kings - Starring H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Julia Faye, James Neill and Charles Belcher; with a cast too many to mention here. After driving the sin out of Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan) and raising Lazarus (Kenneth Thomson) from the dead, Jesus (H.B. Warner) enters into Jerusalem, where Judas (Joseph Schildkraut) conspires to have him turned over to the authorities. After the Last Supper, Jesus goes to Gethsemane, where he is taken prisoner, and thereafter tried under Pontius Pilate (Victor Varconi) and crucified. He is buried and, as foretold in scripture, resurrected three days later. The King of Kings is a 1927 American synchronized sound epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Written by Jeanie MacPherson. It depicts the last weeks of Jesus before his crucifixion and stars H. B. Warner in the lead role. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process. Featuring the opening and resurrection scenes in two-color Technicolor, the film is the second in DeMille's Biblical trilogy, preceded by The Ten Commandments (1923) and followed by The Sign of the Cross (1932). Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The King of Kings is a 1927 American synchronized sound epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Written by Jeanie MacPherson. It depicts the last weeks of Jesus before his crucifixion and stars H. B. Warner in the lead role. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process. Featuring the opening and resurrection scenes in two-color Technicolor, the film is the second in DeMille's Biblical trilogy, preceded by The Ten Commandments (1923) and followed by The Sign of the Cross (1932). Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips Movie Trailers https://classicclips.ca/trailers/movie_trailers.html Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

7th Heaven - Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Ben Bard; with David Butler, Marie DeForrest, Jessie Haslett and Albert Gran. Actress Janet Gaynor won 2 Best Actress Academy Awards at the first Academy Awards in 1929 for her role in the 1927 films “7th Heaven” and “Sunrise.”, and for her role in the 1928 film “Street Angel.” See the First ever Academy Awards in 1929 here: https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html The film was remade in 1937 (Seventh Heaven), directed by Henry King and Stars James Stewart and Jean Hersholt. Both versions are based on the play "Seventh Heaven" by Austin Strong. You can watch it here: https://rumble.com/v41ccxz-seventh-heaven-movie-1937.html Chico (Charles Farrell) is a poor Parisian sewer cleaner who aspires to work his way out of his dead-end job and into the middle class. When he meets Diane (Janet Gaynor), an abused prostitute, he sympathizes with her plight and tells the police she's his wife to prevent them from arresting her. To keep up the appearances of marriage, he invites Diane to live with him, and a real romance blossoms until Chico is drafted in the army at the start of World War I. 7th Heaven (also known as Seventh Heaven) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound system. The film is based upon the 1922 play Seventh Heaven, by Austin Strong and was adapted for the screen by Benjamin Glazer. 7th Heaven was initially released as a standard silent film in May 1927. On September 10, 1927, Fox Film Corporation re-released the film with a synchronized Movietone soundtrack with a musical score and sound effects. Upon its release, 7th Heaven was a critical and commercial success and helped to establish Fox Film Corporation as a major studio. It was one of the first of three films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Outstanding Picture") at the 1st Academy Awards held on May 16, 1929. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film (she also won for her performances in 1927's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and 1928's Street Angel). Director Frank Borzage also won the first Academy Award for Best Director while screenwriter Benjamin Glazer won the first Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). In 1995, 7th Heaven was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Historic: The First Ever 'Academy Award for Best Picture' See Also the First Ever Academy Awards in 1929 https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html Starring Clara Bow, Charles (Buddy) Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper; with Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Roscoe Karns and Henry B. Walthall. With World War 1 afoot, David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) and Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) join the military with an eye toward flying American fighter planes. They leave behind Mary Preston (Clara Bow), a local girl who's in love with David but committed to Jack. Dispatched to France as newly minted pilots, the men take to the skies in one of the war's climactic air battles, and as frantic Mary longs for the safe return of both men, one pays the ultimate price for his bravery. Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Due to the general public's apathy towards silent films, the film was quickly re-released in 1928 with synchronized sound. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Rogers and Arlen portray World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Gary Cooper appears in a small role, which helped launch his career in Hollywood. Acclaimed for its technical prowess and realism upon release, the film became the yardstick against which future aviation films were measured, mainly because of its realistic air-combat sequences. It went on to win the inaugural Academy Award for Best Picture at the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony in 1929. Wings was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and the film was re-released to Cinemark theaters to coincide with the 85th Anniversary for a limited run in May 2012. The film was re-released again for its 90th anniversary in 2017. The Academy Film Archive preserved Wings in 2002. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Sunrise - Starring Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien; with Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald and Ralph Sipperly. Considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it the greatest film of the silent era. Actress Janet Gaynor won 2 Best Actress Academy Awards at the first Academy Awards in 1929 for her role in the 1927 films “Seventh Heaven” and “Sunrise.”, and for her role in the 1928 film “Street Angel.” See the First ever Academy Awards in 1929 here: https://rumble.com/v43x3gh-the-1st-academy-awards-in-1929-honoring-the-films-of-1927-and-1928.html Bored with his wife (Janet Gaynor), their baby and the dull routine of farm life, a farmer (George O'Brien) falls under the spell of a flirtatious city girl (Margaret Livingston) who convinces him to drown his wife so they can escape together. When his wife becomes suspicious of his plan and runs away to the city, the farmer pursues her, slowly regaining her trust as the two rediscover their love for each other in this award-winning silent classic. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau (in his American film debut) and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann. Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film (the award was also for her performances in 1927's 7th Heaven and 1928's Street Angel). The film's legacy has endured, and it is now widely considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it the greatest film of the silent era. In 1989, Sunrise was one of the 25 films selected by the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Sunrise in 2004. The 2007 update of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films ranked it number 82, and the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll named it the fifth-best film in the history of motion pictures, while directors named it 22nd. Although the original 35mm negative of the original American version of Sunrise was destroyed in the 1937 Fox vault fire, a new negative was created from a surviving print. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Starring James Cagney, Barbara Payton and Helena Carter; with Luther Adler, Ward Bond and Steve Brodie. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a 1950 film noir starring James Cagney, directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by William Cagney and based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission." Supporting Cagney are Luther Adler as a crooked lawyer, and Ward Bond and Barton MacLane as two crooked cops. An escaped convict (James Cagney) kills his partner, hits a woman (Barbara Payton), robs a store and frames crooked policemen. Classic Clips https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

The Very First "Talkie!" (Part sound, part silent, part music) The Jazz Singer - Starring Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland and Yossele Rosenblatt; with Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer and William Demarest. Young Jakie Rabinowitz (Bobby Gordon) loves jazz and ragtime, and wants to be a performer. But his father (Warner Oland) is a cantor, and he orders his son to carry on the family tradition. Jakie tries his hand anyway, only to be discovered by neighbor Moisha Yudelson (Otto Lederer) and kicked out of the house. A decade later, an older Jakie (Al Jolson) has followed his dream, changed his name and found love with performer Mary (May McAvoy), but he still wants to win his father over. The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences). Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, featuring six songs performed 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 depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden, he is punished by his father, a hazzan (cantor), prompting Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer, performing in blackface. He attempts to build a career as an entertainer, but his professional ambitions ultimately come into conflict with the demands of his home and heritage. Darryl F. Zanuck won an Academy Honorary Award for producing the film; Alfred A. Cohn was nominated for Best Writing (Adaptation) at the 1st Academy Awards. In 1996, The Jazz Singer was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 1998, the film was chosen in voting conducted by the American Film Institute as one of the best American films of all time, ranking at number ninety. In this Historic film, Al Jolson sings "Kol Nidre", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye)", "Blue Skies", "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You" and the legendary, iconic, "My Mammy." The Soundtrack included "My Gal Sal", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee", "Yussel, Yussel", "Kaddish" and "Yahrzeit Licht." Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

(Part sound, part silent, part music) The Singing Fool - Starring Al Jolson; with Davey Lee, Josephine Dunn, Betty Bronson, Reed Howes, Arthur Housman, Robert O'Connor and Edward Martindel. The Singing Fool solidified Jolson's position atop the movie world; not until Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs would any sound-era film be more financially successful than this audience-pleasing blend of sentiment and show biz. With a worldwide gross of $5.9 million, it would remain the most successful film in Warner Bros. history until the release of Sergeant York in 1941. "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World", Al Jolson sings to an appreciative speakeasy crowd. But, as Al discovers, getting there is one thing. Staying there is another. Singing waiter Stone gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows a big-time producer and a gold-digging showgirl he fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way. Al's fickle wife abandons him, taking the beloved son he calls Sonny Boy with her. Heartbroken, Al becomes a devastated loner until friends from the speakeasy that launched his career rescue him from a life on the streets. Soon, Al is back in lights. But another crisis awaits: Sonny Boy is in the hospital and dying. The Singing Fool is a 1928 American sound part-talkie musical drama motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon which was released by Warner Bros. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film stars Al Jolson and is a follow-up to his previous film, The Jazz Singer. It is credited with helping to cement the popularity of American films of both sound and the musical genre. Like The Jazz Singer, The Singing Fool was a melodrama with musical interludes, and as such was one of the film industry's first musical films. Produced during the transition period between silent film and talkies, the movie was released in both sound and silent versions. The Singing Fool was a part-talking feature, which featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with synchronized musical and talking sequences, although in this film roughly 66 minutes of talking and singing were included. Al Jolson's first all-talking feature, Say It With Songs, would appear in 1929. The Songs Al Jolson sings in this film are as iconic as the legend himself (perhaps the greatest Broadway actor and singer of his time) and will forever remain the most memorable and greatest film of this era. The song list includes "It All Depends on You", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "There's a Rainbow Around My Shoulder", "I'll Live in the Towns", 'Sonny Boy" and "Keep Smiling At Trouble". The Soundtrack includes "Golden Gate", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "California, Here I Come", "Auld Lang Syne", "It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight", Laugh Clown, Laugh", "San" and "From Monday On." Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore

In Old Arizona is a 1928 American pre-Code Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film, which was based on the character of the Cisco Kid in the 1907 story "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry, was a major innovation in Hollywood. It was the first major Western to use the new technology of sound and the first talkie to be filmed outdoors.It made extensive use of authentic locations, filming in Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park in Utah, and the Mission San Juan Capistrano and the Mojave Desert in California. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 25, 1928, and went into general release on January 20, 1929. In Old Arizona contributed to creating the image of the singing cowboy, as its star, Warner Baxter, does some incidental singing. Baxter went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. Other nominations included Best Director for Irving Cummings, Best Writing for Tom Barry, Best Cinematography for Arthur Edeson, and Best Picture. Classic Clips Website https://classicclips.ca Classic Clips Store https://classicclips.store Classic Clips Movie Trailers https://classicclips.ca/trailers/movie_trailers.html Classic Clips X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ClassicClipss Classic Clips Facebook https://facebook.com/classicclipsstore Classic Clips Instagram https://instagram.com/classicclipsstore