Al Jolson (1886 - 1950)

American singer, comedian, and actor.

* May 26, 1886 Srednik, Lithuania
 as Asa Yoelson
 October 23, 1950 San Francisco, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, August 1928
Photoplay, November 1928

Photoplay, January 1929
Photoplay, February 1929
Photoplay, February 1929

Photoplay, August 1929
Photoplay, January 1930
Photoplay, January 1930


Books on Al Jolson

James Fisher Al Jolson James Fisher
Al Jolson, A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1994

Doug McClelland
Blackface to Blacklist, Al Jolson, Larry Parks, and "The Jolson Story"
Metuchen, NJ, 1987

Books with substantial mentioning of Al Jolson

Patrice Petro (ed.)
Idols of modernity, Movie stars of the 1920s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2010

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

Gregg Felsen Tombstones Gregg Felsen
Tombstones, 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places
Berkeley, California, 1997

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on Al Jolson

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Al Jolson

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Films

1927
The Jazz Singer

1928
The Singing Fool

1929
New York Nights
Say It with Songs
Sonny Boy

1930
Mammy
Big Boy
Show Girl in Hollywood

1933
Hallelujah I'm a Bum

1934
Wonder Bar

1935
Go Into Your Dance

1936
The Singing Kid

1939
Rose of Washington Square
Swanee River
Hollywood Cavalcade

1943
Show-Business at War

1944
Wilson

1945
Rhapsody in Blue

1946
The Jolson Story

1949
Jolson Sings Again

1950
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
The Golden Twenties

1951
Purple Heart Diary

1952
The Story of Will Rogers

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1990
Goodfellas

1995
The Celluloid Closet

2011
Vito

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