who played neil diamonds father in the jazz singer
Laurence Olivier
title: The Jazz Singer (1980 film) text: The Jazz Singer (1980 film) The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American drama film and a remake of the 1927 film "The Jazz Singer", released by EMI Films. It starred Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz and was co-directed by Richard Fleischer and Sidney J. Furie. Although the film was a critical flop, the soundtrack was enormously successful, eventually reaching multi-platinum status and becoming Diamond's most successful album to date. It resulted in three hit songs, "America", "Love on the Rocks" and "Hello Again". Yussel Rabinovitch is a young Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father. title: The Jazz Singer (play) text: Jazz Singer" have been produced: a 1952 remake, starring Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee; a 1959 television remake, starring Jerry Lewis; and a 1980 remake starring Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, and Laurence Olivier. "The Jazz Singer" was adapted as a one-hour radio play on two broadcasts of "Lux Radio Theater", both starring Jolson, reprising his screen role. The first aired August 10, 1936; the second on June 2, 1947. The Jazz Singer (play) The Jazz Singer is a play written by Samson Raphaelson, based on his short story "The Day of Atonement". Producers Albert Lewis and Max Gordon staged it title: The Jazz Singer text: it all: the satisfaction of taking his father's place "and" of conquering the Winter Garden. They were, perhaps unwittingly, dramatizing some of their own ambivalence about the debt first-generation Americans owed their parents." Three subsequent screen versions of "The Jazz Singer" have been produced: a 1952 remake, starring Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee; a 1959 television remake, starring Jerry Lewis; and a 1980 remake starring Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, and Laurence Olivier. "The Jazz Singer" was adapted as a one-hour radio play on two broadcasts of Lux Radio Theater, both starring Al Jolson, reprising his screen role. The first aired title: The Jazz Singer (1980 film) text: with anyone, isn't enough of a focus for the outmoded story." "Time Out London" called the appearance of Neil Diamond "the most cautious soft-rock superstar movie debut you'll ever get to see." The only top critic to give a positive review of the film (according to Rotten Tomatoes) was Dave Kehr of the "Chicago Reader". He wrote that "Richard Fleischer's direction is appropriately close-in and small, and Diamond himself, while no actor, proves to be a commandingly intense, brooding presence." The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John J. B. Wilson's book "The Official Razzie Movie Guide" as title: Hello Again (Neil Diamond song) text: Hello Again (Neil Diamond song) "Hello Again" is a song written by Neil Diamond and Alan Lindgren that appeared in the 1980 movie "The Jazz Singer" and was performed by Diamond on the soundtrack album to the film. It was also released as a single and reached #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in the US. "Billboard" also rated it as the #70 pop single overall for 1981. It performed less well in the UK, reaching only #51. It has been covered by several artists and orchestras, including Celtic Thunder, Donny Osmond and