Jolson Sings Again

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Jolson Sings Again
Directed by	Henry Levin
Produced by	Sidney Buchman
Written by	Sidney Buchman
Starring	Larry Parks Barbara Hale William Demarest Bill Goodwin
Music by	George Duning Morris Stoloff
Cinematography	William E. Snyder
Editing by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1949 (U.S. release)
Running time	96 min
Language	English
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Jolson Sings Again is the 1949 film sequel to The Jolson Story, both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson.

[edit] Brief synopsis

In this follow-up to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight is not what it used to be. This time Jolson (Larry Parks) trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jolson back to earth - and to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin (William Demarest), Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses from exhaustion it takes young, pretty nurse Ellen Clark (Barbara Hale) to show him there's more to life than "just rushing around".

[edit] Trivia

In what is probably a cinema first, Jolson, being portrayed by actor Larry Parks, meets an actor who is to portray him in an upcoming film--The Jolson Story, the prequel to Jolson Sings Again--and the actor he meets is Larry Parks, playing himself in a split-screen scene.

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) by William Snyder, MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) by Morris Stoloff and George Duning, and WRITING (Story and Screenplay) by Sidney Buchman.