Oscar Levant

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

The Rocketeer (1991)

An American in Paris (1951)

The Band Wagon (1953)

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2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "That's Entertainment")

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "That's for Me" - uncredited)

2008 Sita Sings the Blues ("If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain")

1999 Eyes Wide Shut (music: "Blame It on My Youth" 1934)

1991 The Rocketeer (writer: "ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO")

1991 Great Performances (TV series)

– The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991) (performer: "I Love Louisa", "The Half of It, Dearie, Blues", "Oh, Lady Be Good")

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited, "Concerto in F" 1925 - uncredited)

1975 Funny Lady (music: "If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain" - uncredited)

1974 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)

– Episode #7.20 (1974) (music: "Blame It on My Youth")

1958 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)

– Jack Goes to Doctor (1958) (writer: "Piano Solo" - uncredited / performer: "Piano Solo" - uncredited)

1953 The Band Wagon (performer: "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited, "I Love Louisa" 1931 - uncredited / "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited)

1953 The I Don't Care Girl (performer: "Hello, Frisco!" - uncredited)

1951 An American in Paris (performer: "By Strauss" 1936 - uncredited, "Tra-la-la This Time It's Really Love" 1922 - uncredited, "Third Movement from 'Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra'" 1925 - uncredited)

1949 The Barkleys of Broadway (performer: "Sabre Dance" - uncredited, "Week-End in the Country", "Concerto in B-flat Minor for Piano, First Movement" - uncredited)

1948 Romance on the High Seas (music: "Brazilian Rhapsody" - uncredited / performer: "Brazilian Rhapsody" - uncredited)

1946 Humoresque (performer: "Prelude II" - uncredited, "Prelude III" - uncredited, "Etude in G flat major, Op. 10, No. 5." - uncredited)

1946 Her Kind of Man (music: "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" - uncredited)

1945 Rhapsody in Blue (performer: "Rhapsody in Blue" - uncredited, "Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra" - uncredited, "Mine" - uncredited)

1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye (performer: "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", "Battle Hymn of The Republic" - uncredited)

1939 Made for Each Other (music: "Made For Each Other" 1939 - uncredited)

1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera (music: "March Funebre", "Ah, Romantic Love Dream", "King and Country Call", "Carnival Marche", "Carnival, Then Farewell")

1935 Steamboat Round the Bend (music: "Steamboat Round the Bend" 1935 - uncredited)

1935 Black Sheep (music: "In Other Words, I'm in Love" 1935 - uncredited)

1935 In Person (music: "Don't Mention Love to Me", "Got a New Lease on Life", "Out of Sight, Out of Mind")

1935 Music Is Magic (music: "Honey Chile", "Love is Smiling at Me")

1933 The Right to Romance (music: "With You, With Me" 1929 - uncredited)

1933 Nothing But the Tooth (short) (music: "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" - uncredited)

1933 Bosko in Dutch (short) (music: "Don't Go to Sleep" - uncredited)

1932 Woman in Bondage (music: "Careless Kisses" - uncredited)

1931 Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (short) (music: "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" - uncredited)

1931 Big Business Girl (music: "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" - uncredited)

1930 Leathernecking (music: "Evening Star", "Careless Kisses", "Mighty Nice and So Particular")

1930 The Runaway Bride (writer: "Loveable And Sweet")

1930 Beau Bandit (music: "Lovable and Sweet" - uncredited)

1930 Love Comes Along (music: "Night Winds", "Until Love Comes Along")

1929 Tanned Legs (music: "With You, With Me" 1929 - uncredited, "Come in the Water, the Water Is Fine" 1929 - uncredited, "You're Responsible" 1929 - uncredited, "Tanned Legs" 1929 - uncredited)

1929 Jazz Heaven (music: "Someone")

1929 Half Marriage (music: "After the Clouds Roll By" - uncredited, "You're Marvelous" - uncredited)

1929 Side Street (writer: "Take a Look at Her Now" - uncredited)

1929 The Prince of Wails (short) (music: "If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain" - uncredited)

1929 Street Girl (music: "Broken Up Tune", "Lovable and Sweet", "My Dream Memory")

1928 My Man (music: "If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain" - uncredited)

1928 The Band Beautiful (short) (music: "Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon" - uncredited)

1928 The Ham What Am (short) (music: "Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon" - uncredited)

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(1930) Stage: Co-wrote songs for "Sweet and Low" on Broadway. Musical revue. Based on material by David Freedman. Musical Director: William Daly. Featuring songs by Harry Archer, Charlotte Kent, Harry Warren, Vivian Ellis, William C.K. Irwin, Louis Alter, George M. Cohan, Dana Suesse,... See more »

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A musical is a series of catastrophes ending with a floor show. See more »

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A close personal friend of George Gershwin's, Levant's performances of Gershwin's piano works are still considered definitive by many. See more »

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	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 10,993 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Oscar Levant (1906–1972) Soundtrack \| Actor \| Composer Pianist, composer and bizarre wit in movies, radio and TV. See full bio » Born: December 27, 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Died: August 14, 1972 (age 65) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA