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The Jazz Singer

1952 film by Michael Curtiz
Movie film Q7743045
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Summary

The Jazz Singer is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Michael Curtiz[3]
  • Screenwriter: Samson Raphaelson[4]
  • Composer: Ray Heindorf[5]
  • Genre: romance film[6], musical film[7]
  • Based on: The Jazz Singer[8]
  • Cast member: Danny Thomas[9], Peggy Lee[10], Eduard Franz[11], Mildred Dunnock[12], Alex Gerry[13], Allyn Joslyn[14], Tom Tully[15], Murray Alper[16], Gayne Whitman[17], Anthony Jochim[18]
  • Producer: Louis F. Edelman[19]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures[20]
  • Director of photography: Carl E. Guthrie[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1952[25]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[26]
  • Film editor: Alan Crosland Jr.[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[28]
  • Title: The Jazz Singer[29]
  • Duration: 107 minutes[30]
  • P14821: 44765[31]

Why It Matters

The Jazz Singer has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

film Michael Curtiz Peggy Lee The Jazz Singer United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . peggylee.com. Retrieved . peggylee.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', 'zh']
    Ampas collections film id → W088347
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W088347, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 44765
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 44765, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Instance of → film
    Production company → Q65557474
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 169305, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269269|batch #269269]]"
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