BigList
Login / Sign up
The Singing Fool (1928)

The Singing Fool (1928)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1928, September 29
Directors: Lloyd Bacon
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Reed Howes, Robert Emmett O'Connor, William H. O'Brien, Carl M. Leviness, Bob Perry, Arthur Housman, James Cagney, Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Helen Lynch, Josephine Dunn, Edward Martindel

Overview:

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.

Keywords:

musical based on short story blackface vaudeville singer-songwriter silent film struggling artist part-talkie