Oscar Levant

Acting

Oscar Levant

Born December 27, 1906 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died August 14, 1972 · aged 65

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.

Known For

An American in ParisAn American in Paris · 1951
An American in Paris
7.01951
MovieMusicRomance
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
The Band WagonThe Band Wagon · 1953
The Band Wagon
7.21953
MovieComedyRomance
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Romance on the High SeasRomance on the High Seas · 1948
Romance on the High Seas
6.71948
MovieComedyRomance
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
The CobwebThe Cobweb · 1955
The Cobweb
5.71955
MovieDrama
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.
O. Henry's Full HouseO. Henry's Full House · 1952
O. Henry's Full House
6.91952
MovieComedyDrama
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Made for Each OtherMade for Each Other · 1939
Made for Each Other
6.11939
MovieComedyDrama
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Charlie Chan at the OperaCharlie Chan at the Opera · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
6.81936
MovieCrimeMystery
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
That's Entertainment! IIIThat's Entertainment! III · 1994
That's Entertainment! III
7.11994
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

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The I Don't Care GirlThe I Don't Care Girl · 1953
The I Don't Care Girl
7.31953
MovieMusic
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen treatment for the life of Eva Tanguay, and Jessel is unhappy with what the writers present him.He tells them to look up Eddie McCoy, Eva's one-time partner, for the real inside story on the lusty and vital Eva. Eddie's version is that he discovered her working as a waitress in an Indianapolis restaurant in 1912, wherein singer Larry Woods and his partner Charles Bennett get into a fight over her and both land in the hospital, and McCoy convinces the manager to put Eva on as a single to fill their spot. She flopped, but McCoy arranges for Bennett to be her accompanist, and she went out of his life. The writers look up Bennett, now head of a music publishing company, who says McCoy's story is phony, and it was Flo Zigfeld who discovered Eva for his Follies.

Charles Bennett