Say it with Songs (Warner Bros.) (1929)

AL JOLSON in “SAY IT WITH SONGS" —Warner Bros Jolson Comes Soon With Davey Lee in Whirlwind “Say It With Songs”. of the wasiertt cain. thee Theatre, arrange A en eg next as the opening date for Al Jolson’s supreme Vitaphone singing picture success, “Say ~ It With Songs” in which he is sup~~ ported by his world-famous little pal, Davey Lee. -Jolson’s new picture begins in a ___, easting station. As Joe Lane, a ‘popular radio entertainer and song writer, Jolson has any number of opportunities to sing—as only Jolson can sing—and his audiences Laughter and Tears Blend In Jolson’s “Say It With Songs” “The singin’est picture I ever made,” Al Jolson says of “Say It With Songs,” his latest Vitaphone all-talking, all-singing Warner Bros. picture which comes to the........ 4 Saar Theatre for an _ indefinite The story of “Say It With Songs” leads naturally to a wide selection of songs. In the role of song writer and radio entertainer the one and only Al, has a chance to sing many numbers, new ones and several old ~favorites. He is seen singing at ‘\roadcasting stations at home to his Little Pal and (played inimitably by wee Davy Lee) and from prison where he has been sent as the result of the accidental killing of a man who tried to break up his home. It is considered rare good fortune by a song writer to have Jolson choose one of his songs for that alone stamps it with later pubile approval. Most of Jolson’s songs are either written by himself or in collaboration.* In a picture that has as many musical hits as “Say It With Songs,” however, a staff of qualified Tin Pan Alley musical experts were engaged to do the songs. The story of “Say It With Songs,” is by Darryl Francis.Zanuck and Harvey Gates. Scenario by Joseph Jackson. The support includes beside Davey Lee—Marian Nixon, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thompson and Fred Kohler. Lloyd Bacon directed. Jolson OutJolsons Self With Davey Lee in ‘Say It With Songs’’ Al Jolson, sings to the unseen millions in “Say It With Songs,” Warner Bros. latest all-talking, allsinging picture which comes to the See eee ee ae, (PHOOtEO ss 2 As Joe Lane, radio entertainer, the star has many opportunities to sing—which he does not only for the “Weasting station, but from prisOm,<"here he is sent as the result of an accidental killing. Jolson does not resort to burnt cork in “Say It With Songs,” since his audiences, supposedly never see him. Although he sings a group of songs that will be heard around the world, he plays the part of a man who considers himself a hopeless failure. “Say It With Songs” is the most tenderly emotional of all Jolson’s stories. It was written by Darryl Zanuck and Harvey H. Gates and the talking scenario is by Joseph. Jackson. Davey Lee, four-year-old baby star, again shares honors with Jolson in a cast which includes Marian Nixon, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thompson and Fred Kohler. Lloyd Bacon directed. are going to be thankful for the whirlwind, singing opening of “Say It With Songs,” and for the gales of melody that sweep it to its climax. That Jolson is a master of pathos as well as comedy was conclusively proved by “The Jazz Singer” and “The Singing Fool” and Warner knew that the whole range of human emotions might be included in it. In selecting a story for the famous star they knew that the public demands above all else, whatever the story, that Jolson sing—and sing— and sing again. “Say It With Songs” is an altogether different type of story from Jolson’s two previous pictures but it has an even more universal appeal. It deals with a father’s love and sacrifice for his boy—and the boy of course is David Lee—every father’s son. Jolson started his new picture the most enthusiastic member of the erew and cast and he ‘so continued to the end. He likes to work and he is almost wholly without “temperament” or nerves. If he is sometimes hard to please it is because he aims at perfection. Lloyd Bacon directed “Say It With Songs’? and Marian Nixon, Kenneth Thompson, Holmes Herbert and Fred Kohler are in the east. It is based on a story by Darryl] Frances Zanuck and Harvey Gates. Joseph Jackson did the scenario. Al Jolson Triumphs In Third Vitaphone All-Singing Special Al Jolson, truthfully credited, with having brought the infant Vitaphone into full growth with “The Jazz Singer” and “The Singing Fool,” the two pictures that gave such tremendous impetus to talking pictures, is now starring in his third all-singing, all-dialogue feature for Warner Brothers, to be seen at the pte GPE ORIEL Theatres. 28 se. next. “Say It With Songs,” the story of a father’s sacrifice, was written by Darryl Zanuck and Harvey H. Gates and the talking scenario was done by Joseph Jackson. Lloyd Bacon directed and the cast includes, in addition to tiny Davey Lee, Marian Nixon, Kenneth Thompson, Holmes Herbert and Fred Kohler. Many brilliant new songs and several of the old favorites are sung by Jolson in the whirlwind course of “Say It With Songs.” AL JOLSON There is very little equipment in the language to say anything about Jolson. If you say he is a master entertainer it suggests, somehow, a man pulling a rabbit out of a tall hat or extracting providentially unbroken eggs from his socks. If you say he can sing, it is inferentially a comparison with other singers, and if it is said that he can dance it is in the assumption that others can too. Jolson has nothing to do with these others. He is as solitary upon the heights of an art he has made peculiarly his own as Chaplin is upon his. Or Chaliapin. Or Raquel Meller. “New York Evening Post.” FPUDEDGERODOREOUSEERREEPORDCROSREERDSEORCREROSESORGRERGSCRHHR SORE REESE ae ase ‘ Latest All-Talking, All-Singing Vitaphone Picture Scene from” Say it with Songs"Starring Al JolsonA Werner Bras Production “THE BOSS IS NOT YOUR PAL, JOE—NOT REALLY” Joe Lane, informed by his wife of Phillips’ advances toward her—confronts his backer who, in the fight, falls and is acci dentally killed. Production No. 2—Cut or Mat JOLSON, SUPPORTED BY DAVEY LEE STIRS CROWDS TO FRENZY IN GALA “SAY IT WITH SONGS” Al Jolson’s new picture, “Say It With Songs”—Warner Bros. latest all-talking, all-singing Vitaphone special coming to. the. ....... 5... Theatre. Say Bea next, is the story of a man who, by a trick of fate, loses loved ones, liberty and opportunity, suffers imprisonment and finds peace through his devotion to a child—and the child is played by Davey Lee. “Say It With Songs” is an alltalking, all-singing Vitaphone pieture, and Mr. Jolson sings a number of exceptional new songs and several unforgettable old ones.’ The story concerns Joe Lane, a happy-go-lucky and improvident but gifted song plugger, who, just on the verge of success as a recording and broadeasting artist, fights and accidentally kills his employer when he learns of the latter’s unwelcome attentions to his wife. For this Joe goes to prison, leaving his wife to shift for herself and their child. Believing that she has never been happy with him and realizing how his present punishment will punish her ever after, Joe forces her to divorcee him and she later considers marriage with a former admirer, now a famous surgeon. The child is put into a school and being unhappy there, follows his father, who has come to visit him, and is injured by a truck. Only a specialist can help the child and Joe takes him to his former wife’s suitor for help. All ends happily and a blaze of Jolsonesque melody, and everybody leaves the theatre in a glow of sat isfaction. Others in the cast are Marian Nixon, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thompson and Fred Kohler. The story is by Darryl Frances Zanuck and Harvey Gates. The talking scenario is by Joseph Jackson and Lloyd Bacon directed. Jolson’s songs inelude “Little Pal,’ “Why Can’t You,” “Used to You,” “Im in Seventh Heaven,” “l’m Ka-razy For You,” “One Sweet Kiss” and “Back in Your Own Back Yard 72 Hooray! Al Comes With Davey Lee In “Say It With Songs”. Warner Bros. All-Talking, All-Singing Drama Comes to the___Theatre__Next Al Jolson, the world’s greatest entertainer, comes to the............. Theatres: 475 cee ae: next, in Warner Bros. latest all-talking, all-singing picture, “Say It With Songs. «Say It With Songs” is a personality-plus picture and packing personality into pictures is Al Jolson’s particular gift. Call. it fervor, magnetism, luck, wit—what you will—this strange ability to electrify everybody everywhere belongs to just one person—Jolson! There is probably more of Jolson “Say It With Songs” than in either of his other talkies. In some inexplicable way he dominates every one he touches while a picture is in process of production and the talking-camera and the taking-camera together catch all the _ brilliant high lights, and tender by-lights of his remarkable voice and presence. While the early scenes of “Say It With Songs” were being recorded, the same difficulties that have beset the early scenes of “The Jazz Singer” and “The Singing Fool,” appeared. The crew and cast became so enthralled during Jolson’s first song that business practically stopped. “It always takes a little time for us to get used to working while Al sings,” Director Lloyd Bacon explained to a bystander. ' “Pll never get used to it,” a camera man remarked, “but I hope I will know enough, not altogether to forget whet FS "Sine ~~ Hes pati in Al’s Trio Unite In “Say It With Songs’”’ The same famous trio that made motion picture history with “The Singing Fool,’ was brought together by Warner Bros. for the making of Jolson’s newest all-talking, allsinging Vitaphone picture, “Say It WithsSonts,”“ comings +. aii. bak next toltherhsen. 4s. 73 Theatre. That trio is made up of Al Jolson, world famous entertainer, Davey Lee, baby star of Vitaphone pictures and Lloyd Bacon, director. As a consequence “Say It With Songs’? is apparently destined to break even more records than “The Singing Fool” and “The Jazz Singer.” “Phillips is Dead! Where is Your Husband?” Scene from” Say it With Songs"Starring Al JolsonA Warner Br0s. Product /on Production No. 3—-Cut or Mat