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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 .
October 19, 1949 Jolson Sings Again † Jolson Sings Again reached number one in its tenth week of release. [42] 43: October 26, 1949: Jolson Sings Again grossed $390,000 from the cities sampled. [43] 44: November 2, 1949: Jolson Sings Again grossed $305,000 from the cities sampled. [44] 45: November 9, 1949 [45] 46: November 16, 1949 [46] 47 ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Calamity Jane and Sam Bass: George Sherman: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart: Western: Universal: Canadian Pacific: Edwin L. Marin: Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish
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]
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.
1949 A-714 South Pacific (Decca album) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Evelyn Knight: 1949 A-715 Christmas Greetings: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters 1949 A-716 Jolson Sings Again Al Jolson 1949 [32] DAU-725 Ichabod - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Decca album) Bing Crosby 1949 A-762 Guy Lombardo - Silver Jubilee Guy Lombardo 1949 A-783
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).
Donath played the father of entertainer Al Jolson (Larry Parks) in the two biopics The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949), although he was less than 15 years older than Parks as Jolson. He also appeared frequently on television and on Broadway. He died of leukemia in 1967. [2]