A Plantation Act
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a-plantation-act-272-8703357
title:
A Plantation Act
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A Plantation Act (1926) is an early Vitaphone sound-on-disc short film starring Al Jolson, the first film that Jolson starred in. Jolson in blackface sings three of his hit songs: "April Showers", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", and "When the Red, Red Robin". The film presents him as if in a live stage performance, complete with three curtain calls at the finish. Jolson is dressed as a plantation worker for the entirety of the short, but only performs his entrance in character. For t
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1926 film
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Plantation_Act
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2024-01-13T05:37:12Z
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