what make this one good than most movie movie be that it doesn not feel phony . the film the story of the hot head director and his rise and fall and rise and by use real recognizable name and event during the silent and early sound era . instead of the generic sound will put u out of business business and they actually show jolson and the jazz singer . the acting be really quite good and with believeable performance from don ameche and alice faye and j. edward bromberg in particular .