Best known for directing two sound barrier-breaking films; "Don Juan" (1926), with synchronized music, and "The Jazz Singer" (1927), the first "talkie." Married to silent screen leading lady Elaine Hammerstein, whom he directed in several films, and father of director-editor Alan Crosland Jr.
- Born:
August 10, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died:
July 16, 1936.
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Job Titles:
Director, Actor, Producer, Stage manager, Journalist
Family
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Son: Alan Crosland Jr. mother, Juanita Crawford
Significant Others
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Wife: Juanita Crawford.
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Wife: Natalie Moorehead.
Milestones
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1912 Joined publicity department of Edison studios
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1914 Short film directing debut
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1917 Feature film directing debut, Kidnapped
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1926 Directed the first feature with synchronized music, Don Juan
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1927 Directed the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer