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The Jolson Story (1946) This movie has two or more women, but they never speak to one another. This movie has two or more women, but they never speak to one another.

The Jolson Story has a Bechdel rating of 1/3. That means this movie has two women in it, but they don't even talk to one another.

Imdb Rating

7.3 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes User Meter

80 / 100

Runtime

128 minutes

Parental Rating

Unrated/Not rated

Genre

Biography Drama

Music

Plot

This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the

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