The Jazz Singer (1927)

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but that's nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war.

A singing waiter and composer (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), conquers Broadway and holds his dying son, singing "Sonny Boy."

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.