The Jazz Singer Screening, Dinner, and Discussion

The Cultural Films Committee presents a screening of The Jazz Singer.

Not only was The Jazz Singer (1927) the first feature film with singing, music, and talking, but it also provided fans of Al Jolson a somewhat fictionalized version of his life story. Filled with pop songs, high melodramatics, and of course, Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer is a glimpse into one of the major turning points in the history of American cinema: the beginning of the talkie era.

The screening will be followed by panel discussion featuring Daniel Goldmark, professor of musicology and director of the Center for Popular Music Studies, Case-Western Reserve University.

Cajun buffet dinner provided.

Sponsored by the Cultural Films Committee, the Department of Music, and Center for the Humanities.

Daniel Goldmark

Daniel Goldmark, professor of musicology and director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University, is an authority on American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry.

His books published by the University of California Press include:

• Tunes for ’Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (2005)
• Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (co-edited with Lawrence Kramer and Richard Leppert; 2007)
• Funny Pictures: Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood (co-edited with Charlie Keil; 2011)
• Jazz/Not Jazz: The Music and Its Boundaries (co-edited with David Ake and Charles Hiroshi Garrett; 2012).

His current research focuses on music publishing, Tin Pan Alley in the early 1900s, and the music of Cleveland-born composer J. S. Zamecnik.

Important: Minors under age 18 need to be accompanied by an adult. Grinnell College is not responsible for supervision of minors on campus.

Grinnell College welcomes the participation of people with disabilities. Accommodation requests may be made to Conference Operations, 641-269-3235.