Oscar Levant
Birthday: 1906-12-27
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.
Movies
An American in Paris
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter...
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Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
We have writer Fadiman, regulars Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant, and John Kieran, with Boris Karlof...
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O. Henry's Full House
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the...
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Humoresque
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neuro...
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Information Please Series 2, No. 2
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same...
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The Band Wagon
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop....
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The Barkleys of Broadway
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate r...
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Romance on the High Seas
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself whil...
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Rhapsody in Blue
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway....
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The Cobweb
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but...
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Rhythm on the River
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his musi...
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Kiss the Boys Goodbye
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Br...
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The I Don't Care Girl
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera h...
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Night Parade
Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a disho...
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The Dance of Life
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so t...
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Public Speaking
Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp ...
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Information Please: Series 1, No. 10
Deems Taylor joins Clifton Fadiman and the Information Please regular panel members, Oscar Levant, F...
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That's Entertainment! III
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...
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Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segm...
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The Fred Astaire Songbook
A loving tribute to Astaire the singer, hosted by Audrey Hepburn....
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