Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Director

• Henry Levin

Starring

• Larry Parks
• Barbara Hale
• William Demarest
• Ludwig Donath
• Bill Goodwin

Last On

13:30-15:20 Tue 26th May 2009 110m
Film4

Synopsis

Made three years after the phenomenal success of The Jolson Story, this sequel suffers from the fact that the entertainer's later life was nowhere near as interesting as his rise to fame. Larry Parks produces another remarkable impersonation (backed by Jolson's own singing voice), particularly relishing the gag in which Parks (playing Jolson) meets Parks (playing himself) to discuss making the first film. Barbara Hale is sweet as Ellen Clark, Jolson's second wife, who nursed him through the fever contracted while entertaining the troops. Classic songs abound, but there's too little going on to give this anything but nostalgia value.