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The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a highly fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson.It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his performing partner and manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Yiddish: אַסאַ יואלסאָן; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian.. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, [2] and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer". [3]
Scotty Beckett and Larry Parks as Al Jolson in The Jolson Story (1946) Alex Hyde-White and Sean Connery as Henry Jones, Sr. in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) River Phoenix and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Anthony Ingruber and Harrison Ford as William Jones in The Age of Adaline (2015)
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 .
Evelyn Keyes was born in Port Arthur, Texas, [3] to Omar Dow Keyes and Maude Ollive Keyes, the daughter of a Methodist minister. After Omar Keyes died when she was three years old, Keyes moved with her mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where they lived with her grandparents.
The cast included Brian Conley as Jolson, Sally Ann Triplett as Keeler, John Bennett as Epstein, Julie Armstrong, Alison Carter & Helen McNee as The Rooney Sisters. An original cast album was recorded live during the performances of February 29, March 1, and March 2, 1996 and released by First Night Records.
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Newlyweds Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler aboard the Olympic in September 1928 Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street (1933). Around 1923, when she was around 14 years old, she was hired by Nils Granlund, the publicity manager for Loews Theaters, who also served as the stage-show producer for Texas Guinan at Larry Fay's El Fay nightclub, a speakeasy frequented by gangsters.