The Jazz Singer (Ford Startime)

"**The Jazz Singer**"
"The Jazz Singer"
Ford Startime episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 2
Directed by	Ralph Nelson
Written by	Oliver Crawford; Ernest D. Glucksman; Ralph Nelson; Samson Raphaelson
Featured music	Walter Scharf; (musical director)
Original air date	October 13, 1959
Guest appearances
	Jerry Lewis; Anna Maria Alberghetti
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"The Jazz Singer" is a videotaped adaptation, starring Jerry Lewis, of Samson Raphaelson's 1925 play of the same title. It was broadcast on October 13, 1959, as the second episode of the American television anthology series Ford Startime on NBC.^[1]

^ "See them all on… FORD STARTIME". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Traverse City Record-Eagle. October 6, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved April 22, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.