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A fact from Dirty Hands, Dirty Face appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first words ever spoken in a feature film were uttered by Al Jolson after singing "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face"?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:45, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the first words ever spoken in motion pictures were spoken by Al Jolson after singing "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face"? Source: "...for the first time in feature films a voice issues forth from a mouth", Michael Rogin, Blackface, White Noise: The Jewish Jazz Singer Finds His Voice, Critical Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Spring, 1992), pp. 417-453

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/James McHenry Jones

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 12:58, 3 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing...new enough, long enough, interesting, hook in article, no copyvio issues. QPQ provided. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 17:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've just altered the hook slightly to give it some oomph. No Swan So Fine (talk) 21:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

. Hook length ok and hook is in the article and followed by a citation to a reference needing subscription. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]