Review of The Jazz Singer (1927) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 21 Sep 1977
You can see what an impact sound must have had in 1927, because it certainly wasn't the movie that made this production a phenomenon...It's ragged and dull until the magical moment when Jolson turns to the camera to announce, “You ain't heard nothin' yet”—a line so loaded with unconscious irony that it still raises a few goose bumps.
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This review of The Jazz Singer (1927) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 21 Sep 1977.
The Jazz Singer has generally received mixed reviews.
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