larry parks played al jolson in the jolson story.
who plays al jolson in the jolson story?
larry parks
after the george m. cohan film biography, "yankee doodle dandy" (1942), hollywood columnist sidney skolsky believed that a similar film could be made about al jolson. skolsky pitched the idea of an al jolson biopic and harry cohn, the head of columbia pictures agreed. it was directed by alfred e. green, best remembered for the pre-code "baby face" (1933), with musical numbers staged by joseph h. lewis. with jolson providing almost all the vocals, and columbia contract player larry parks playing jolson, "the jolson story" (1946) became one of the biggest box-office hits of the year. in a tribute to jolson larry parks wrote, "stepping into his shoes was, for me, a matter of endless study, observation, energetic concentration to obtain, perfectly if possible, a simulation of the kind of man he was. it is not surprising, therefore, that while making "the jolson story", i spent 107 days before the cameras and lost eighteen pounds in weight."
al jolson
the british comedians morecambe and wise performed a skit featuring the song, which involved a light sprinkling of water drizzling on straight man ernie wise whenever he sang it, but a bucket of water being thrown over eric morecambe whenever he did the same.





























section::::film appearances.





























bullet::::- 1926 "a plantation act" - an early vitaphone sound-on-disc short film. sung by al jolson





























bullet::::- 1936 "the singing kid" - sung by al jolson





























bullet::::- 1939 "rose of washington square" - sung by al jolson





























bullet::::- 1946 "the jolson story" - sung by al jolson
april showers (song)