A Plantation Act (1926) Al Jolson.mp4

A Plantation Act

1926 Directed by Philip Roscoe
Synopsis

Al Jolson's first picture, he sings three of his hits.


http://letterboxd.com/film/a-plantation-act/

Noetic Hatter

Review by Noetic Hatter

My brain says, "Be offended - this musical short is evil trash!"

My heart says, "Goodness, but that Jolson could perform!"

I got nuthin.

10 likes
Aleta

Review by Aleta

Watched as a special feature on the The Jazz Singer dvd.

While Al Jolson is extremely talented at what he does, this is quite offensive. So rating this is not something I would even try to do.

3 likes
Andrew Sztehlo

Review by Andrew Sztehlo ½

Despicably racist and should only be seen in the context of academic interest in early sound recording for the cinema.


ShapeShiftTrick

Review by ShapeShiftTrick

Jolson, you're too good of an actor to be so much of a dick.

In other news, I found out where Copolla got that song Cindy Williams sings in The Conversation.

zellybell

Review by zellybell ★★★½

For what it was I really enjoyed this. I enjoyed the music. Considering when it came out it was quite good. The second song was probably my favorite but I liked all of them. They were all cute. The singing was very good.