
The Jolson Story
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.















26 May 1886, Srednik, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Seredzius, Lithuania]

26 August 1931, Denver, Colorado, USA


1892, New York, USA

30 January 1902, New York City, New York, USA

1 June 1900, Manhattan, New York, USA

August 12, 1889 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

20 November 1916, Port Arthur, Texas, USA

24 March 1910, Portland, Maine, USA

September 27, 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

4 October 1929, Oakland, California, USA

December 13, 1895 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

April 23, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA

November 3, 1918 in Wesley, Iowa, USA


28 January 1892, Marlin, Texas, USA

November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA

9 February 1886, Dublin, Ireland

29 November 1897, Newport, Kentucky, USA

25 May 1897, Denver, Colorado, USA

June 19, 1918 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

6 July 1885, New York City, New York, USA

4 October 1895, Chicago, Illinois, USA

October 10, 1902 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

May 31, 1894 in Redondo Beach, California, USA

5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

13 June 1890, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

August 12, 1896 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK

July 14, 1893 in Mobile, Alabama, USA

7 July 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA