And the first classic (silent division) of the American art form? You got it, Birth of a Nation. The real question should be, "Why doesn't everybody hate us?"
Monday, October 29, 2007
Things We Missed When the Internet Was Away
We missed this anyway, as the DSL didn't go away until several days after 6 October, but the 80th anniv. of talkies came & went. Get a fuller story from Susan King in the regional fishwrapper. (George Jessel, who'd played in the non-musical Broadway version, wanted $10,000 more than Warner Bros. offered, because he "wasn't getting paid to sing.") So the first talkie, The Jazz Singer, featured Al Jolson in blackface, instead of the Toastmaster General:And the first classic (silent division) of the American art form? You got it, Birth of a Nation. The real question should be, "Why doesn't everybody hate us?"
And the first classic (silent division) of the American art form? You got it, Birth of a Nation. The real question should be, "Why doesn't everybody hate us?"
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