J

Jackson, Michael, 217 , 231 –32n2

Jacobs, Lea, 19

James, Henry, 52

Jameson, Frederic, 119 , 127 n8, 128 nn9,10

JanMohamed, Abdul, 231

Jarreau, Al, 112 n5

Jaws (1975), 36 –37, 191

Jazz, 106 –8, 110 –11, 113 n9

The Jazz Singer (1927), 7 , 101 fig.;

as appropriation of black music, 110 –11, 113 n9;

biopics' faithfulness to, 105 –6, 107 , 108 , 109 –10, 111 , 329 ;

female variants of, 98 , 112 n3;

as first show musical, 98 –99;

plot elements of, 97 –98;

reconciliatory conclusion of, 98 –101;

remakes of, 95 –96, 99

table, 104 –5, 112 n7

The Jazz Singer (1952), 7 , 101 –5, 102 fig., 112 n7

The Jazz Singer (1959 TV production), 104 , 112 n6

The Jazz Singer (1980), 7 , 101 –2, 102 fig., 104 , 105 , 112 n5

Jenkins, Gordon, 109

Jennings, Wade, 93 n13

Jewish assimilation, 95 , 97 , 99 . See also Reconciliation

JFK (1991), 26

Johnson, Brad, 117 fig.

Johnson, Van, 116 , 116 fig., 120

Jolson, Al, 95 , 97 , 101 fig., 106 –7, 110

The Jolson Story (1946), 95 , 106 –7

Jonathan (1970), 264

Jonestown suicide, 25 –26

Jourdan, Louis, 273 n3

Joyce, James, 2 , 3