The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool is a 1928 musical drama PartTalkie motion picture which was released by Warner Bros.. The film starred Al Jolson and was a followup to his previous film, The Jazz Singer. It is credited with helping to cement the popularity of both sound and the musical genre.

Like The Jazz Singer, The Singing Fool was a melodrama with musical interludes, and as such was one of the film industrys first musical films. Produced during the transition period between silent film and talkies, the movie was released in both sound and silent versions.The Singing Fool was a parttalking feature, which featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with synchronized musical and talking sequences, although in this film roughly 66 minutes of talking and singing were included. Al Jolsons first alltalking feature, Say It With Songs, would appear in 1929. ........

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