Jolson would go on to make “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum,” a 1930s film in which the white hero’s best friend is black and “The Singing Kid,” in which he defied Hollywood’s practice of ...

Jolson quickly became the first movie star in the modern sense. He went on to make THE SINGING FOOL (1928), SAY IT WITH SONGS (1929), MAMMY (1930), and BIG BOY (1930) before returning to Broadway ...

Al Jolson, a blackface comedian, singing tap dancer and the show's star, recorded it the next year. It was a hit. (Soundbite of song, “Sitting on Top of the World”) ...

Jolson sings a Yiddish folk song which is eminently successful and which anyone can understand, two spry and clever Negro dancers named Carol Chilton and Maceo Thomas appear.

Erle Jolson Krasna, ... Krasna was portrayed by actress Barbara Hale in the 1949 “Jolson Sings Again,” a sequel to the better-received 1946 biopic “The Jolson Story.” ...

Mr. JOLSON: (As himself) (Singing) I've heard a robin this morning. I'm feeling happy today. I'm going to put my cares in a whistle, blow them all away.