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Al Jolson in Announcement Trailer (Blackface) for The Singing Fool
(1928) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Al Jolson [himself]

The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / © 22 September 1928 by The Vitaphone Corporation [MP5378]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / A promotional trailer for The Singing Fool (1928). / Full-sound film.

Trailer.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 24 August 2023.

References: LoC-MoPic-2 p. 11.