October 6,1927 – The premier of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. 100 years ago, Samson Raphaelson, from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, attended a performance of a musical titled Robinson Crusoe, Jr. The star was a 30-year-old singer, Al … [Read more...]
Blackface Face-off
Wowlebrity Tom Campbell wonders "Who did it better?" As in, who was more mortifyingly inappropriate in blackface: Suzanne Sugarbaker as Diana Ross or Roger Sterling as Al Jolson? Ah, but it's all in … [Read more...]
