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A Plantation Act
1926 film
| A Plantation Act | |
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Screenshot of Al Jolson in the film | |
| Directed by | Philip Roscoe (uncredited) |
| Starring | Al Jolson |
Production | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.Al jolson biography wikipediaPictures |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Plantation Act (1926) is an early Vitaphonesound-on-discshort 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 (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)".
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 the remainder of the film he speaks and performs to the