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Comment by Bob Robertson on November 28, 2011 at 10:27pm

Without a doubt the most complete entertainer of all time.  His audience always came first.

Comment by barbara craven on January 21, 2011 at 6:44am

One of my favourites., but I still like Swanee the best.

Comment by goldie080 on January 21, 2011 at 3:02am

Sonny Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48kkiapaLyg

 

Comment by goldie080 on December 25, 2010 at 11:12pm

This is the impressive gravesite for Al Jolson -

Comment by barbara craven on December 24, 2010 at 9:15am

Great stuff.  thanks for sharing  goldie.  Have a very mery Christmas.

Comment by goldie080 on December 24, 2010 at 5:25am

I've just discovered this early film of Jolson. Very nice!

Comment by goldie080 on December 24, 2010 at 4:02am

Al Jolson -

Comment by goldie080 on December 24, 2010 at 12:55am

As you might know, Betty Garrett was married to Larry Parks that handsome fellow who played the role of Jolson in two bio films on his life. I thought this video is a lovely reminder of them both. Here Betty is now 90 but still doing well. I noticed that their two sons really resembled their father in good looks too!

Comment by Dar on November 25, 2010 at 11:37am

I am new to this site and, scrolling through the groups, this one jumped out at me. I was about 5 years old and we lived in a two room suite on the poor side of Vancouver. My Dad was a towboat captain before unions and made a poor wage. Housing was at a premium and most nice places wouldn't take kids. When Dad was out of town, I used to sleep with my Mom in the big bed. She would read in bed and listen to Jack Cullen and the Owl Prowl on the radio. I loved listening to the music as I fell asleep. One night, Jack announced that Jolson was dead and played nothing but Jolson through the night. I'll never forget that night and have loved his music ever since. But, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, to me, will always be Little Miss Jolson, Judy Garland.

Comment by goldie080 on September 25, 2010 at 5:56pm

I was just a kid who went to the movies every Saturday usually with my older brother. We'd pack a lunch in brown paper bag, arrive at noontime for an hour of cartoons and settle into two feature films. For the Jolson movies I'd stay late into early evening to see it all over again and remember tallying up some 24 or so times I'd seen the first film. I used to have a song book and wrote down the lyrics; would have a little sesson of singing them and got fairly good at it. Those were the days before shyness set in. ;-)

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