WNY Jazz Singer

Bryan is lecturing on Alan Crosland’s 1927 film The Jazz Singer, which is often described as the first “talkie,” because of its use of the Vitaphone recording process. Actually, it’s only the songs and some of the dialogue surrounding them that make use of the Vitaphone, and one of my favorite moments in the film occurs when Jolson’s Jackie sings “Blue Skies” to his