Acting
Al Jolson
- Titles
- 44movies
- Career
Active from 1927 to 2026, with a break from 1977 to 2025, busiest in 1939 with 3 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 11top three billing
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum78/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Showbiz7.9average 1.2
- Historical8.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.5average 3.6
- Romance6.2average 3.8
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Physical Comedy3.7average 2.5
- Pop Culture3.3average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.4, average 5.2
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.8
- Coming of Age1.7, average 2.9
- Adrenaline3.9, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Showbiz Drama 2
- Melodrama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- LLouis SilversComposerThe Jazz Singer, Mammy, Swanee River, The Singing Fool
Lloyd BaconDirectorWonder Bar, Say It with Songs, The Singing Fool
Don AmecheActorScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8, Swanee River
Davey LeeActorSay It with Songs, The Singing Fool
Alan CroslandDirectorThe Jazz Singer, Big Boy- HHal MohrCinematographerThe Jazz Singer, Big Boy
- HHarold McCordEditorThe Jazz Singer, The Singing Fool
- OOwen MarksEditorMammy, Say It with Songs
- LLouis R. LoefflerEditorRose of Washington Square, Swanee River
- RRalph DawsonEditorBig Boy, The Singing Fool
- EEarl BaldwinWriterWonder Bar, Go Into Your Dance
Movies and TV shows
162020s
3 titles · average score 77
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Sunshine State (2022)
Self (archive footage)
77
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000s
1 title
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Self (archive footage)
1990s
1 title
Vaudeville (1997)
Self (archive footage)
1970s
1 title · average score 63
63
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
1960s
1 title
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Self (archive footage)
1950s
2 titles
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
Self (archive footage)
1940s
3 titles · average score 71
81
Jolson Sings Again (1949)
Himself (singing voice) (uncredited)
62
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
1930s
3 titles · average score 48
48
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
Himself
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)
Self (uncredited)
