Box set: Columbia Classics 2 Films on 1 Disc

The Jolson Story

Columbia TriStar (1946)

Drama, Music, Musical, Biography

/ Color / 129 mins

5035822122710

In Collection
#855

7.2

Plot

The Jolson Story is a 1946 musical biography which purports to tell the life story of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as "Julie Benson" (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.

Cast

	John Alexander	Lew Dockstader
	William Demarest	Steve Martin
	Ludwig Donath	Cantor Yoelson
	Bill Goodwin	Tom Baron
	Evelyn Keyes	Julie Benson
	Larry Parks	Al Jolson
	Tamara Shayne	Mrs. Yoelson
	Jo-Carroll Dennison	Ann Murray
	Ernest Cossart	Father McGee
	Scotty Beckett	Asa Yoelson

Crew

Director

Henry Levin
Alfred E. Green

Producer

Sidney Skolsky

Writer

Sidney Buchman

Musician

Morris Stoloff

Edition Details

Edition	1 Disc Edition
Release Date	2004
Packaging	Jewel Case
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

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