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Warner Bros. 1939: "The Wizard of Oz" embraced the still-new technology of Technicolor.

Think of "Avatar" as "The Jazz Singer" of 3-D filmmaking. Think of it as the most expensive and accomplished Saturday matinee movie ever made.

November 27, 2009, 6:43 AM / Bass-baritone Valerian Ruminski, the founder of Nickel City Opera, thinks outside the opera box.

With the Merriam Theater the site for the recent opening concert of a multi-city American and Canadian tour by Dudu Fisher -- the Israeli-born cantor, singer, actor -- one anticipated a special event from an entertainer whose life sounds like a remake of "The Jazz Singer." His 100-minute performance without intermission was presented with much ...

Neil Diamond put Sweet Caroline on the charts, and although he has Jewish roots, that's not stopping him from performing Christmas songs and hymns like Amazing Grace on his newly released CD, 'A Cherry Cherry Christmas'. Neil Leslie Diamond , also known as "Jewish Elvis", is an American singer-songwriter. Diamond tried his hand at film, starring in ...

We've seen our share of musicians over the countless years try their hand at acting, because they have the #1 single or album or both.

Los Angeles native Catlin Adams made her film debut using her birth name Nira Barab in "Up in the Cellar" , playing the daughter of Larry Hagman and Joan Collins who succumbs to the charms of a seductive young.... Los Angeles native Catlin Adams made her film debut using her birth name Nira Barab in "Up in the Cellar" , playing the daughter of ...

Go into Your Dance is one of the better Al Jolson musicals. "The World's Greatest Entertainer" never made more than one film a year and none matched the popularity of his part-talkie breakthrough The Jazz Singer back in 1927.

On October 6, 1927 Warner Brothers' The Jazz Singer, featuring the Vitaphone sound process, premiered at Warners' Theatre in Manhattan - one day after the death of Sam Warner, who supervised Vitaphone sound pictures at Warners.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2009. There are 86 days left in the year.

The first pop music I ever heard was Neil Diamond'sa 'my dad's favorite. So when Neil's remake of The Jazz Singer came out in late 1980, I pestered my parents to buy me the soundtrack.

The afternoon sun illuminates amber glassware in one room on the fourth floor of the Lightner Museum Tuesday, August 25, 2009.

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The bond between a father and a child has always been a popular movie theme, right back to 1927 when the very first "talkie", The Jazz Singer, was essentially about a son coming to terms with his father.

Here is a collection of Neil Diamond trivia. Neil Diamond has said UB40's version of his song "Red, Red Wine" is better.

Actual funny people have a funny way of costing you considerably more than you would ever imagine.

Talking to the Piano Player 2 is an interesting way to take a glimpse at a bygone era.

Eighty-two years ago, motion pictures--which had been going gangbusters since the 1890s--were hardly in their infancy.

After more than a decade of Film Nights at Tanglewood, conceived by John Williams and now widely imitated elsewhere, one might expect ritual and predictability to creep into the annual Boston Pops season highlight.

Lucille Ball was pregnant with Lucie Arnaz when she made the pilot for "I Love Lucy" in 1951, and Arnaz's first TV appearance was in the final scene of the final half-hour episode of "I Love Lucy", watching as her.... Lucille Ball was pregnant with Lucie Arnaz when she made the pilot for "I Love Lucy" in 1951, and Arnaz's first TV appearance was in ...