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The Jazz Singer : Jack's Dilemma

Jack (Al Jolson) sings the Kol Nidre in his father's place and later performs at the Winter Garden Theater.

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blackface, closing sequence, crosscutting, dissolve, establishing shot, fade-in, fade-out, high angle, intertitles, long shot, match on action, medium shot, music, diegetic, music, empathetic, optical effect, performance, point-of-view shot, source lighting, special effects, tilt, two-shot

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"Jack's Dilemma" in The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1927, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1724

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