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Jolson Sings Again is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to The Jolson Story (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. It was the highest-grossing film of 1949 and received three Oscar nominations at the 22nd Academy Awards .
He also made guest appearances on numerous television programs of the 1950s/early 1960s, including The Untouchables, Naked City, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Donna Reed Show, Way Out and The Iceman Cometh (1960 TV production), McCormick was also known for his portrayal of "Colonel Ralph Bryant" in the 1949 movie Jolson Sings Again.
1949 Jolson Sings Again: Moma Yoelson 1949 Black Magic: Maria Balsamo 1949 Thieves' Highway: Parthena Garcos 1949 The Red Danube: Helena Nagard 1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Mrs. Cooper Uncredited 1953 Tonight We Sing: Customer Uncredited 1955 Mr. Arkadin: Woman in Apartment 1956 Anastasia: Zenia Uncredited 1961 Romanoff and Juliet ...
He made Jolson Sings Again (1949), which was another huge box-office hit. [14] His co-star in the film, Barbara Hale, teamed with him again in the comedy feature Emergency Wedding (1950). In 1950 he and his wife announced plans to make their own film Stakeout. [15] British exhibitors voted him the 9th-most popular star in the UK. [citation needed]
While Jolson is credited for appearing in the first movie musical, Cagney's Academy Award-winning movie was the first movie Ted Turner chose to colorize. When Jolson appeared on Steve Allen 's KNX Los Angeles radio show in 1949 to promote Jolson Sings Again , he offered his curt opinion of the burgeoning television industry: "I call it smell ...
Henry Levin (5 June 1909 – 1 May 1980) was an American film director.He helmed over 50 feature films between 1944 and 1980, with his best known works including Jolson Sings Again (1949), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and Where the Boys Are (1960).
His dark, chorus-boy looks landed him featured roles in movies through the early 1950s. He was groomed for stardom in The Eddie Cantor Story, filmed in response to the wildly successful The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again starring Larry Parks as Al Jolson, one of Cantor's musical-comedy contemporaries.
Hale in Jolson Sings Again (1949) Hale moved to Hollywood in 1943, and under contract to RKO Radio Pictures , made her first screen appearance (uncredited) in Gildersleeve's Bad Day . [ 5 ] She continued to make small, uncredited appearances in films, until her first credited role as a glamorous debutante alongside Frank Sinatra in Higher and ...