"A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical."
Al Jolson
as Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy
as Mary Dale
Warner Oland
as Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
as Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer
as Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon
as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker
as Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt
as Cantor Rosenblatt
William Demarest
as Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan
as Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
as Agent (uncredited)
Anders Randolf
as Dillings (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers
as Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Will Walling
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ena Gregory
as (uncredited)
Nat Carr
as Levi (uncredited)
Ernest Belcher
as Choreographer (uncredited)
Neely Edwards
as Dance Director (uncredited)
Audrey Ferris
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Leon Holmes
as Moey (uncredited)
Myrna Loy
Jane Arden
as Small Part (uncredited)
Ty Parvis
as Boy Singer (uncredited)
Fred Warren
as Pianist (uncredited)
Carolynne Snowden
as Backstage Maid (uncredited)
Violet Bird
Joseph Green
Claire Delmar
Seymour Kupper
Mary Grace Larsen
Margaret Oliver
Marie Stapleton
Alan Crosland
Director
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Harold McCord
Editor
Samson Raphaelson
Theatre Play
Alfred A. Cohn
Adaptation
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Screenplay
Harvey Cunningham
Sound Engineer