Only last spring, Al Jolson vowed that he would never have a radio show of his own. Why should he bother? The Technicolor movie based on his life (Columbia’s The Jolson Story) was wowing the box ...

Chaplin, a songwriter, pianist, vocal arranger, music director and producer, has worked on such movie musicals as The Jolson Story, An American in Paris, West Side Story and The Sound of Music. In ...

In a play filled with lively music and spirited dialogue, the most stirring part of John Fredo's brilliant portrayal of Al Jolson comes with a moment of silence. It happens near the end of the first ...

The Jolson Story (Columbia) is a fine, noisy celebration of Hollywood’s two decades of talking movies. To the embarrassment of Warner Bros., currently whooping up the 20th anniversary of sound (which ...