^Lot 284 Al Jolson Full Costume from Swanee River

Frock coat, vest and pants worn by Al Jolson as minstrel performer E. P. Christy in Swanee River (1940), a biopic about Stephen Foster starring Don Ameche made by Fox. The coat is blue wool with checkered labels and matching checkered vest and pants. Each piece has a United Costumers label with Jolson's name handwritten on it. Jolson (real name Asa Yoelson), star of the first sound film, The Jazz Singer, was a legendary superstar of stage and screen famous for his blackface performances and renditions of standard jazz hits such as Mammy, Toot, Toot Tootsie, Goodbye and Swanee.