Say It With Songs

Trying to cash in on Jolson's success in THE JAZZ SINGER and THE SINGING FOOL, Warner Bros. was so sure of his box-office potential that it paid him $500,000, an astronomical figure in 1929, to star in this film. Little Davey Lee was even thrown in, a la "Sonny Boy." The result was a familiar story and plot that were to become a formula for Jolson. He plays a radio singer who tends to neglect his wife, Nixon, and son, Lee. Despite the wandering ways of her husband, Nixon remains the devoted spouse, even when Jolson's boss and best friend makes advances toward her and promises "big success" for her husband if she cooperates. Jolson gets wind of his friend's antics a...