I was one of those that grew up associating The Jazz Singer with Neil Diamond's 1980 "Love on the Rocks" hit-spawning (but otherwise stinky) version. I knew nothing of the original 1927 film other tha…
If it weren't for the fact that The Big Parade came out in 1925, four years before the first Oscar was awarded, it would probably now be included as part of that shortlist of films that have won piles…
