Plot Accuracy
Some of the plot details are fictionalized. There is no evidence that Jolson ever appeared as a child singer, and he was brought up by his sister (not his mother, who had died). Jolson actually had three managers, who were combined into the William Demarest character. Ruby Keeler refused to allow her name to be used, so the writers used an alias, Julie Benson. In addition, a theatrical billboard in the film tells that Jolson's musical "Big Boy" was in the third year of its run. In reality, the show had two runs, one of six weeks (Jan 7 - Mar 14, 1925, 56 performances) and one of 15 weeks (Aug 24 - Dec 1925, 120 performances).
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