The Singing Kid

After the smash hit THE SINGING FOOL, audiences waited several years for Jolson to bring out this disappointment. Lightning did not strike twice, however, and the picture coughed, wheezed, and finally died at the box office. Jolson is a big-time musical star with a radio show. His secretary is Horton, his valet is Jenkins, and Mitchell and Durant are his gag writers (though their jokes are so lame that one wonders how they could have kept their jobs). Jolson loses his voice and takes a vacation in the country to recover. He meets and falls for Roberts but it's Jason, as her young niece, who brings life to the screen whenever she's on. In the end, Jolson is back on ...