The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool (1928)


  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1928-09-29
  • User Rating: 4.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lloyd Bacon
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Summary

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.

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  • Al Jolson

    as Al Stone

  • Betty Bronson

    as Grace

  • Josephine Dunn

    as Molly Winton

  • Arthur Housman

    as Blackie Joe

  • Reed Howes

    as John Perry

  • Davey Lee

    as Sonny Boy

  • Edward Martindel

    as Louis Marcus

  • Robert Emmett O'Connor

    as Cafe Owner Bill

  • Helen Lynch

    as Maid

  • Agnes Franey

    as 'Balloon' Girl

  • James Cagney

    as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

  • Bob Perry

    as Doorman at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

  • Carl M. Leviness

    as Carl – Waiter at Clicquot Club (uncredited)

  • Jack Stoutenburg

    as Little Boy (uncredited)
Directing Lloyd Bacon Director
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Sound Jules Buffano Original Music Composer
Sound Louis Silvers Original Music Composer
Directing Frank Shaw Assistant Director
Camera Byron Haskin Director of Photography
Editing Harold McCord Editor
Sound Shelton Brooks Original Music Composer
Sound Louis Silvers Conductor
Sound Edmund Ross Conductor
Sound George Groves Sound Engineer
Writing C. Graham Baker Story
Writing C. Graham Baker Adaptation
Writing Joseph Jackson Dialogue
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer

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