New on Blu-ray & DVD: January 8

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The Jazz Singer

By DAVID WEINER

January 08, 2013

The historic, first-ever feature-length "talkie" is now on Blu-ray to coincide with the 90th Anniversary celebration of Warner Bros. Studios. The landmark 1927 film, about a would-be entertainer whose showbiz aspirations conflict with his devoutly religious father, brought Broadway superstar Al Jolson "alive" and seemingly singing from the screen -- an immediate sensation that created a revolution in the history of cinema. In addition to 90 pages of photos and vintage documents, bonus features on the new Blu-ray include vintage shorts and cartoons, a 1947 radio show adaptation featuring Jolson, and more than four hours of extraordinary Vitaphone shorts, unique and historic rarities that capture performances from the era's great entertainment legends: Burns & Allen, Baby Rose Marie, Weber & Fields, Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields and many others.

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