- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Handbill for the Douglass Theatre, advertising The jazz singer with Al Jolson, [1928] Feb. 4 and 5
- Creator:
- Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1928-02
- Subject:
- Jazz singer (Motion picture : 1927)
Sound motion pictures
Feature films--United States
Motion picture theaters--Georgia--Macon
Advertising--Motion pictures--Georgia--Macon
Film posters--Georgia--Macon
Advertising fliers--Georgia--Macon
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
Jolson, Al, d. 1950 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- handbills
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Handbill advertising that the film The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, will be shown in the Douglass Theatre on February 4 and 5, 1928. An image of Al Jolson in the center of the handbill declares him to be "the world's greatest comedian and King of Jazz." The handbill notes that this is the first time the film will be shown at popular prices. The handbill further emphasizes that the film has sound and lists the songs that Jolson will sing. The film is boldly declared "the supreme triumph" of the motion picture industry. Finally, the handbill indicates the venue, the Douglass Theatre, and lists the dates on which the picture will be shown. Released October 6, 1927, The Jazz Singer was one of the earliest talkies. Jolson appears in blackface during the film.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- dbr039
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr039
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr039
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr039/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [1] p.
Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 20, folder 189, document 5. - Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Now Is Your Chance to See What You Have
Heard so Much About -- First Time at
POPULAR PRICES
Al Jolson
-- IN --
THE JAZZ SINGER
HEAR
WHAT
YOU
SEE -
SEE
WHAT
YOU
HEAR
[Note: Image of Al Jolson singing in blackface]
AL JOLSON
The Worlds Greatest Comedian and King of Jazz
On the Phototone] Hear Him
Sing -
"Mammy"
Toot Toot Tootsie
My Gal Sal
Mother,
I Still Have
You
The Supreme Triumph the World has Ever
Known in the Motion Picture Industry
DOUGLASS THEATRE
Two Days Only-Monday & Tuesday- Feb. [February] 4 & 5
POPULAR PRICES Special School Childrens [Schoolchildren's] Matinee Tues. [Tuesday] Afternoon