The Singing Kid
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.
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"This movie begins with a montage of Al Jolson's most famous tunes. This will no doubt shock many, as he's in his signature black-face during this sequence and during several other numbers. While today this would be clearly seen as patently racist, this was how it was back in the day. Plus, the film also had several numbers by Cab Calloway....and he was a black performer. My advice about all this is watch the movie and just understand the context....otherwise, your head might explode! In "The Singing Kid", Al Jolson plays a guy who's practically a living saint...and he..."
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Ernestine Porter, a dancer who worked as a technical advisor for the musical numbers in this film, was deputized to find more African American chorus girls after it was found that there were too few in the "Truckin' Up to Heaven" number.
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Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.