publicada por _rg__ en cine-clasico
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020366/
Say It With Songs / Cantaré para ti (1929)
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Writers
Harvey Gates (screenplay) & Harvey Gates (story)
Runtime:95 min
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Black and White
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Al Jolson
Davey Lee
Marian Nixon
Holmes Herbert
Kenneth Thomson
Fred Kohler
Frank Campeau
John Bowers
Ernest Hilliard
Arthur Hoyt
Sinopsis
Joe Lane, un radicalista de éxito que debido a la fama y al juego, pasa a maltratar a su esposa y a su hijo. Accidentalmente, en una pelea, mata al gerente y a su amigo de juego llevándolo esto a prisión, recibiendo la promesa de su esposa de que lo esperaría.
Review Summary
On the strength of his previous hits The Jazz Singer (1927) and The Singing Fool (1928), Al Jolson was Hollywood's hottest star in 1929. Jolson's cinematic offering for that year was Say It With Songs, a characteristic blend of music, comedy and treacly sentiment. The star is cast as Joe Lane, a radio star who hits it big then begins neglecting his wife Katherine (Marian Nixon) and his dewy-eyed son "Little Pal" (Davey Lee, Jolson's co-star in Singing Fool) in favor of the gaming tables. Joe is brought down to earth when his manager and "best friend" begins putting the moves on Katherine. Accidentally killing the manager in a fight, Joe heads off to prison, extracting a promise from Katherine that she will wait for him. During his incarceration, however, Katherine makes the acquaintance of a handsome surgeon (John Bowers), and it looks as if their friendship will blossom into love. When "Little Pal" is struck by a car on the same day that Joe is paroled, the young surgeon saves the kid's life, thereby bringing Joe and Katherine back together again. A few amusing opening bits aside (most of them Jewish-dialect jokes, a Jolson specialty), Say It With Songs is awash with bathos, making the film quite a chore to sit through today. It cannot be denied, however, that Al Jolson is a dynamic presence, especially when belting out such standards as "Back In Your Own Backyard" and "Little Pal". Long unavailable for reappraisal, Say It With Songs was reissued on laserdisc in the late 1980s through the Herculean efforts of the Al Jolson Society. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Recupero este antiguo hilo de _rg__ para añadir unos subítulos en español extraídos de un DVD. Como ya comenté en el hilo de Big Boy, los subtítulos son bastante malos, una especie de traducción automática desde unos en portugués. Yo he arreglado algunas frases sueltas (parte final sobre todo), pero siguen siendo malos, aunque suficientes para seguir sin problemas lo que sucede. Subo también a subdivx los subtítulos de Casino de París (Go Into Your Dance, 1935) y El chico cantor (The Singing Kid, 1936), los dos últimos vehículos al servicio de Al Jolson, por si a alguien le son útiles, aunque son igualmente malos.
Respecto a la película que nos ocupa, señalar que fue la tercera de Al Jolson, y la primera íntegramente sonora (las dos anteriores tenían fragmentos de cine mudo), aunque también se estrenó una versión muda. Fue un intentó de aprovecharse del descomunal éxito de la previa El loco cantor (The Singing Fool, 1928), poniendo al niño Davey Lee otra vez como hijo adorable (bueno, aquí no tanto, pues su bocaza es responsable en parte de la desgracia del padre) al que Jolson puede cantarle el tema de turno, en este caso "Little Pal" y no "Sonny Boy".
Say It With Songs -1929 Lloyd Bacon- (Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marian Nixon).english.avi [959.59 Mb] 
Subtítulos en español
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020366/
Say It With Songs / Cantaré para ti (1929)
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Writers
Harvey Gates (screenplay) & Harvey Gates (story)
Runtime:95 min
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Black and White
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Al Jolson
Davey Lee
Marian Nixon
Holmes Herbert
Kenneth Thomson
Fred Kohler
Frank Campeau
John Bowers
Ernest Hilliard
Arthur Hoyt
Sinopsis
Joe Lane, un radicalista de éxito que debido a la fama y al juego, pasa a maltratar a su esposa y a su hijo. Accidentalmente, en una pelea, mata al gerente y a su amigo de juego llevándolo esto a prisión, recibiendo la promesa de su esposa de que lo esperaría.
Review Summary
On the strength of his previous hits The Jazz Singer (1927) and The Singing Fool (1928), Al Jolson was Hollywood's hottest star in 1929. Jolson's cinematic offering for that year was Say It With Songs, a characteristic blend of music, comedy and treacly sentiment. The star is cast as Joe Lane, a radio star who hits it big then begins neglecting his wife Katherine (Marian Nixon) and his dewy-eyed son "Little Pal" (Davey Lee, Jolson's co-star in Singing Fool) in favor of the gaming tables. Joe is brought down to earth when his manager and "best friend" begins putting the moves on Katherine. Accidentally killing the manager in a fight, Joe heads off to prison, extracting a promise from Katherine that she will wait for him. During his incarceration, however, Katherine makes the acquaintance of a handsome surgeon (John Bowers), and it looks as if their friendship will blossom into love. When "Little Pal" is struck by a car on the same day that Joe is paroled, the young surgeon saves the kid's life, thereby bringing Joe and Katherine back together again. A few amusing opening bits aside (most of them Jewish-dialect jokes, a Jolson specialty), Say It With Songs is awash with bathos, making the film quite a chore to sit through today. It cannot be denied, however, that Al Jolson is a dynamic presence, especially when belting out such standards as "Back In Your Own Backyard" and "Little Pal". Long unavailable for reappraisal, Say It With Songs was reissued on laserdisc in the late 1980s through the Herculean efforts of the Al Jolson Society. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Spoiler:
Respecto a la película que nos ocupa, señalar que fue la tercera de Al Jolson, y la primera íntegramente sonora (las dos anteriores tenían fragmentos de cine mudo), aunque también se estrenó una versión muda. Fue un intentó de aprovecharse del descomunal éxito de la previa El loco cantor (The Singing Fool, 1928), poniendo al niño Davey Lee otra vez como hijo adorable (bueno, aquí no tanto, pues su bocaza es responsable en parte de la desgracia del padre) al que Jolson puede cantarle el tema de turno, en este caso "Little Pal" y no "Sonny Boy".
Say It With Songs -1929 Lloyd Bacon- (Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marian Nixon).english.avi [959.59 Mb] Subtítulos en español
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