The Jazz Singer (1995) DVD Details
Details
Release Date: 10/16/2007
Chapters: 45
Regions: 1
Screen: B&W
Sound Formats: DD1
Languages: English
Number of sides: 3
DVD Studio: Warner Home Video
Rating: NR
Format: DVD
Features
New digital transfer and immaculately refurbished soundtrack from restored picture elements and original Vitaphone-Sound-on-Disc recordings
Commentary by Ron Hutchinson
founder of The Vitaphone Projects and Nighthawks bandleader Vince Giordano
Vintage Al Jolson shorts
radio show adaptation and movie trailer gallery
Classic homage cartoon I Love to Singa
New feature-length documentary The Dawn of Sound: How the Movies Learned to Talk
Surviving sound excerpts from 1929's Gold Diggers of Broadway
Studio shorts from or celebrating the early sound era
Over 3½ hours worth of rare
historic Vitaphone comedy and music shorts starring the greats of vaudeville and the early sound era
many recently recoved and restored after being thought lost forever
10 behind-the-scenes photo cards
12-page Vitaphone program
20-page souvenir program
4-page theater herald
16-page book with vintage document reproductions and DVD features guide
Post-premiere telegram from Al Jolson and Jack Warner
