The Jazz Singer (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)

The Jazz Singer has been showing up on clip and compilation reels for going on seventy years now, with a snatch of Al Jolson performing or saying the immortal words, “You aint seen nothing yet!” For viewers in 1927 amazed at the sight of a talking motion picture, those words have served as the leadoff for the entire talkie revolution. Warners box set of The Jazz Singer packages the milestone film with two additional discs of extras that include a new docu as well as dozens of original Vitaphone short subjects, all restored. But the Al Jolson feature remains the draw — finally seen in a respectably restored condition, its less a fossil from the dawn of sound than a fully realized star-vehicle musical that uses its talkie sequences to wow the audience.