The Singing Fool (1928)
"If you have tears to shed, prepare to shed them now." Al Jolson surpasses himself. This is a better picture than The Jazz Singer," and it is guaranteed to pull your heart [..]rings when you hear Jolson singing "Sonny Boy."
"By occupation, a waiter; by desire, a song writer; by nature, 'singing fool.'" That's the way he begins life, and his big inspiration is Molly, the beautiful girl who sings and dances at the Club Cliquot, where he is waiter and, for diversion,
entertains the guests with songs of his own composition. A song goes over big, Molly marries him, "Sonny" is born, and success and happiness are his. Molly two-times him and he catapults to the bottom of the ladder faster than he went up.
Josephine Dunn plays the part of Molly, beautiful enough for any man to lose his heart over. Betty Bronson, as Grace, the cigarette girl, is perfect. But, the picture that lingers is of Jolson and Davey Lee, the three-year-old son. Don't miss it.
Photoplay October 1928
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , October 1928
Photoplay , October 1928
Filmwelt 36, 6. September 1931
Books with substantial mentioning of The Singing Fool
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Robert K. Klepper Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999 |
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Edwin M. Bradley The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932 Jefferson, N.C., 1996 pp. 10-12 
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Jerry Vermilye The Films of the Twenties Secaucus, NJ, 1985 |
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