Jolson Sings Again
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Movie Reviews of Jolson Sings Again
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Summary: 4 Stars
Jolson Sings Again picks up the Al Jolson story where the prequel, The Jolson Story, leaves off. Al Jolson is played brilliantly by Larry Parks; and Al Jolson's parents are again played by Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne. The plot moves along at a fairly good pace with an interesting subplot for the last half hour of the movie during which we see the making of The Jolson Story, thus giving us a film within a film.
When the action begins, Al Jolson is only momentarily saddened by his wife Julia leaving him. He longs to return to the stage. Time has passed and newcomers like Bing Crosby get the spotlight Jolson once enjoyed so very much. We see Jolson touring the globe to entertain troops during World War II; and the movie shows Jolson having health problems from stress and viruses he caught in his later years.
Eventually Jolson remarries a military nurse named Ellen Clark (Barbara Hale), although in real life Jolson was never married to anyone named Ellen Clark. Steve Martin (William Demarest) continues to manage Jolson during the leaner years when Jolson isn't in great demand anymore.
The wonderful thing about this flick is that we see the making of The Jolson Story during the last half hour or so; and this is truly very entertaining to watch. It's also great to see Jolson regaining popularity after The Jolson Story was released.
The choreography works very well in the scenes in which they film The Jolson Story; and the cinematography is probably at its height in those scenes as well.
Overall, Jolson Sings Again is a worthy sequel to The Jolson Story; and the convincing acting makes this a good picture. It's somewhat less exciting and also somewhat more somber than The Jolson Story because, of course, Jolson's life story wasn't as pretty in the last ten years or so of his life. Nevertheless, Jolson Sings Again remains a fine motion picture about the life and times of one of America's greatest entertainers ever. Jolson fans will surely want this in their collections.
Movie Review: Jolson Sings Again
Summary: 4 Stars
The rating is based on the premise that the viewer has also seen The Jolson Story. Jolson Sings Again is a sentimental charmer that scores because it finishes the business started in the far superior first film. Wonderful songs, competent performances, plus a fascinating view of the making of the first film, with the (at the time sensational) gimmick of having the aging Jolson (played by Larry Parks) meet and shake hands with the young man (Larry Parks) scheduled to portray him in biopic. (So you see Parks shaking hands with Parks.) As with the first movie, Jolson's songs are great, although his unique voice probably sounds cartoonish to most modern listeners, and the films fail to capture the reported electric dynamism of Jolson's live performances.