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Frederick Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer (1927) and the first feature movie with sychronization soundtrack, Don Juan (1926).
Alan Crosland. Director: Mister Dynamite. Director Alan Crosland was born in New York City on August 10, 1894, into an upper-middle class family, which soon moved to East Orange, NJ, where Alan was reared.
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Dec 29, 2019 · The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927): The first words told by Al Jolson - YouTube. Early Cinema History. 2.52K subscribers. 20. 2.7K views 4 years ago. Read my review illustrated by further...
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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).
The Jazz Singer is widely believed to be the first sound film, despite clear and overwhelming evidence to the contrary; it was, however, the first film with a synchronized music and vocal track to truly capture the public imagination, ushering in the sound revolution.
Jan 6, 2002 · Alan Crosland Obituary. Crosland, Alan, Jr. Director, Film Editor Alan Crosland Jr., a prominent Motion Picture and Television Director and Film Editor, died quietly December 18, 2001 in his...
Frederick Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer (1927).
