<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $2 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $8 million (est . US / Canada rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Jolson Story is a 1946 Technicolor musical biography which purports to tell the life story of singer Al Jolson . It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson . </P> <P> The Columbia Pictures production was written by Sidney Buchman (uncredited), Harry Chandlee, Stephen Longstreet and Andrew Solt . The dramatic scenes were directed by Alfred E. Green, with the musical sequences directed by Joseph H. Lewis . A sequel called Jolson Sings Again was released in 1949 . </P>

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