The Singing Fool
1928 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
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| Writer: | C. Graham Baker |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 29, 1928 |
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| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
| Writer: | C. Graham Baker |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Keywords | musical, silent film, based on short story, vaudeville, singer-songwriter, struggling artist, blackface, part-talkie |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,916,000
Budget: $388,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Al Jolson | Al Stone |
| Betty Bronson | Grace |
| Josephine Dunn | Molly Winton |
| Arthur Housman | Blackie Joe |
| Reed Howes | John Perry |
| Davey Lee | Sonny Boy |
| Edward Martindel | Louis Marcus |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Cafe Owner Bill |
| Helen Lynch | Maid |
| Agnes Franey | 'Balloon' Girl |
| James Cagney | Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) |
| Bob Perry | Doorman at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Carl – Waiter at Clicquot Club (uncredited) |
| Jack Stoutenburg | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Shelton Brooks | Original Music Composer |
| Lloyd Bacon | Director |
| Byron Haskin | Director of Photography |
| Frank Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Louis Silvers | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Jules Buffano | Original Music Composer |
| Edmund Ross | Conductor |
| George Groves | Sound Engineer |
| C. Graham Baker | Story, Adaptation |
| Joseph Jackson | Dialogue |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Harold McCord | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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