The upcoming Heritage Auction includes a very interesting Exhibitor Book for
Warners 1926-27.
2012 March 23-24 Dallas Vintage Movie Poster Auction #7055
Included in the photos for this auction item is something called "The Jazz
Age". Warners never made that film, (though Douglas Fairbanks appeared in a
film by that title several years later).
This Exhibitors Book actually contains Warners' first reference to theatre
owners about "The Jazz Singer" That's why it says "Title To Be Announced". It
was their hope to have songs in the movie as they were perusing Vitaphone
technology right at this time and they were trying to get original Broadway
Star Georgie Jessel (The Jazz Singer was a big hit on Broadway in 1926) to do
the film version and had to "settle" for Al Jolson.
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