1920s American Films

"Al Jolson - Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin)"

"Mammy's favorite son!"

"The supreme triumph the world has ever known in the Motion Picture Industry."

"Hear what you see - see what you hear."

"See him---and hear him sing!"

"What a little boy learns - he never forgets."

"Do what is in your heart, Jakie—if you sing and God is not in your voice — your father will know."

"Here he belongs. If God wanted him in His house, He would have kept him there. He's not my boy anymore—he belongs to the whole world now."

"There are lots of jazz singers, but you have a tear in your voice."

"[Listening to Jakie cantoring at Yom Kippur services after the death of his father] A jazz singer...singing to his God!"

"My son came to me in my dreams—he sang Kol Nidre so beautifully. If he would only sing like that tonight—surely he would be forgiven."

"My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight – but now I have no son."

"I came home with a heart full of love, but you don't want to understand. Some day you'll understand, the same as Mama does."

"We in the show business have our religion too - on every day, the show must go on!"

"Fanny Midgley - Sarah Judd"

"George Field - Prince Rajanya Paikparra Munsingh"

"William Boyd - Stephen Van Kovert"

"Bertram Grassby - Maharajah Ali Khan"

"Josef Swickard - Narada"

"Edward Jobson - John Cabot"

"Jack Giddings - Austin Slade, Jr."

"Robert Ober - Horace Bennett"

"Charles Ogle - Joshua Judd"

"Pat Moore - Amos as a Child"

"Wanda Hawley - Molly Cabot"

"Rudolph Valentino - Amos Judd"

"Girl watching the crew race: Mr. Judd has such wonderful muscles and such magnetic and soulful eyes!"

"The yoke is where the gods place it."

"That which is built by mortal hands time lays waste - but that which is written on a man's forehead by the gods cannot be erased."

""Don't call me Norman, call me Chubsy-Ubsy." (Chubby), Love Business"

""Oh-Tay!" (Porky and Buckwheat)"

"singing off-key* "I'm the Barber of Seville!" (Alfalfa)"

""Aww, gee!"(w:Dickie Moore)"

""That'll learn 'em." (Scotty)"

""Gee, you're pretty, Miss Crabtree. You're prettier 'n Miss MacGillicuddy." (Jackie), Teacher's Pet and Love Business, both 1930"

""You said it!" (various characters)"

""Okee-dokee!" and "Okey-doke!" (Spanky)"

""I don't think I'll taste so good, mother says I'm spoiled!" (Spanky, The Kid From Borneo, 1933)"

""Don't drink the milk, it's SPOILED". (various characters, Mush and Milk, 1933)"

""I wish Cotton was a monkey. All he needs is a tail." (Spanky, A Lad an' a' Lamp, 1932)"

""Yum-yum. Eat-em-up!" (Uncle George (The wild man), The Kid from Borneo, 1933)"