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...Jolson Sings Again," is a prime example of their handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
...story picks up where it ended in the first film--with Jolson's first wife leaving him because he preferred his career to her. Unfortunately, most of the interesting material had been used up in the first film, and as a result the sequel's plot is pretty pallid. Jolson, torn between the desire to return to the stage and the feeling that his time has passed, moons about despondently while the rest of the cast worries out loud about him and tells him he ought to relax...
...this doesn't make for much opportunity for Jolson to sing. Eventually, however, World War II intervenes, and he volunteers to entertain the armed forces. There are scenes of Jolson singing "Four Leaf Clover" in an Aleutian quonset hut and "Chinatown" under Tunisian palms; at length, he collapses with fever, and is flown home, where he falls in love with his nurse, (Barbara Hale...
...Jolson Sings Again. Zestful sequel to the film biography of mammy's favorite son; with Larry Parks and Jolson's voice (TIME, Sept...
...Easy Living" at the Keith Memorial, the story of pro football in which Vic Mature kicks around Liz Scott; "Jolson Sings Again" at the Low's Orpheum, Larry Parks as He; "Come to the Stable" at Loew's Publix, Celeste Holm and Loretta Young as Sisters; "Pinky" at the Astor, Jeanno Crain portrays a light-skinned colored nurse; "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" at the RKO Boston, Donald O'Connor proves he's not my boy; "Savage Splendor" at the Pilgrim, exotic Africa in garish technicolor. Walt Disney's "Ichabed and Mr. Toad" is back up on Tremant Street...