Solonor's Oscar Do-Overs 1951 Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic wouldbeconcert pianist (oscar levant), while romantic complications abound. http://solonor.com/academy/acad1951.php
Extractions: @import "../styles/grove.css"; Skip over navigation April 02, 2003 Home Interests Projects Weblog ... About Me Select a page, then Go! About Me Banned Books Data Banner Links Baseball Bizarre Stuff Blog News Blog Favorites Carnival of the Vanities 15 Cooking and Food Demento Funny 100 Family Tree Games Geeky Stuff History and Genealogy Link List Literature Movies and TV Music and Recording Oscar Do-Overs Pepperkat's Blog Photoblog Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League Solonor's Blog What's Not To Like? Whiny the Elder's Blog Writing Society Quick Links For more information about 1951, see The Learning Network's Fact Monster Jerry Mulligan ( Gene Kelly ), a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress ( Nina Foch ) with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise ( Leslie Caron ), a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer ( Georges Guetary ). Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist ( Oscar Levant ), while romantic complications abound.
Celebrities moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1976, he met oscar levant's widow, who Feinsteinthen launched a career as a pianist and singer of standards, playing http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/starstruck/2000/04/feinstein.html
Extractions: BOOKS MULTIMEDIA /MULTIMEDIA/TELEVISION/SPLASH.HTML LINK MULTIMEDIA/RADIO/PROGRAMS /RADIO/PROGRAMS/TWO/ LINK MULTIMEDIA/RADIO/EVENTS /POPCORNQ/CINEMA/ PARENT POPCORNQ/SEARCH /POPCORNQ/OUTNOW/MOVIES/ LINK POPCORNQ/PROFESSIONAL /POPCORNQ/TOPTEN/ PARENT POPCORNQ/VIDEOS/OUTNOW /ENTERTAINMENT/TELEVISION/ LINK CELEBRITIES COMICS Born: September 7, 1956 Fun Fact: Michael performed the music for joke writer Bruce Vilanch's film Get Bruce! Quote: "I'm still not crazy about the word gay, because I think it conjures up a certain stereotypical image. I like the idea that so many younger people today are using other terms, like queer." Those with a taste for the classy flair of Cole Porter and George Gershwin can find it in the ivory-tickling music of gay pianist-singer Michael Feinstein, known for his re-energizing of standard hits from the '30s and '40s. In April Feinstein paid tribute to Academy Award-winning composer Sammy Cahn at a sold-out Carnegie Hall concert in New York City. Born in in Columbus, Ohio, Feinstein was a child prodigy, taking to the piano and show music right away. After moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1976, he met Oscar Levant's widow, who introduced him to Ira Gershwin. Hired by the famed lyricist to help organize the Gershwin archives, he continued work on the project until the composer's death.
FEINSTEIN, Michael : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia Of Popular Music FEINSTEIN, Michael (bc'56, Columbus OH) pianist, cabaret singer. sheet music, movedto LA at age 20 and within months had met June levant (oscar's widow), who http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/f/F26.HTM
An American In Paris - Vintage Classic Movies Adam I'ma concert pianist. for the first time), these original session masters arehighlighted by the MGM Studio Orchestra, oscar levant, Benny Carter, and http://www.shopping-entertainment-online.com/vintage-films/an-american-in-paris.
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Gershwin Crazy Among the many CDs of the symphonic version, I prefer oscar levant'she, of course,was a close friend of Gershwin and was a fine pianist before his descent http://citypaper.net/articles/092498/music.classical1.shtml
Extractions: George Gershwin had a healthy high regard for his own music, and he loved playing it in concerts and at private parties. In one rare moment of doubt, he asked his friend Oscar Levant: "Do you think anyone will be playing my music 50 years from now?" and Levant replied: "If you're still alive, yes." Well, George died at age 38, and here we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. He was born in Brooklyn exactly 100 years ago (well, depending when you picked up this copy of City Paper ), on Sept. 26. More people than ever are listening to his music, playing it and recording it. A batch of new CDs and historic reissues have come out to coincide with the centennial celebration. Here's a sampling of the most interesting of them. Gershwin made his reputation in the 1920s as a composer of Broadway shows, and the songs he wrote for them are his outstanding legacy. The re-releases of Lady Be Good, Oh Kay
Extractions: MSS 55, The Horowitz Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University Title: Register to the Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz. Dates: Created by: Wladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Call number: MSS 55 Repository: Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University Quantity: 65 linear ft. (132 archival boxes, 33 folio boxes) Abstract: In 9 series as follows: I. Correspondence. II. Programs and Program Notes. III. Photographs. IV. Clippings. V. Scrapbooks. VI. Contracts, Royalty and Box Office Statements, Expenses. VII. Items from the Library of Vladimir Horowitz. VIII. Awards. IX. Miscellaneous Items. Access Restrictions: The Papers are open to qualified researchers by appointment. There are no restricted materials in the collection. Please contact Suzanne Eggleston (telephone: 203-432-0497; E-mail: suzanne.eggleston@yale.edu) or Richard Boursy (telephone: 203-432-7883; E-mail: richard.boursy@yale.edu) to schedule an appointment. Acquisition Information: The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz are the generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. Horowitz. The collection was presented to the Music Library in twelve installments: 1986 August 25, 1986 September 14, 1987 February 3, 1988 March 28, 1988 April 12, 1988 September 14, 1988 December 14, 1990 July 5, 1990 October 22, 1991 March 22, 1991 November 7, and 1992 March 6. Inventories of these installments are located in the Horowitz reference files in the Music Library. In view of Mr. Horowitz's ties to Yale - he enjoyed playing at Woolsey Hall and was an Associate Fellow at Silliman College - it is fitting that the Music Library be the repository for this great pianist's papers.
Powell's Books - Used, New, And Out Of Print by Sam Kashner Publisher Comments oscar levant was the Amadeus of Hollywood, theoscar Wilde of An astonishingly gifted concert pianist, composer, film and http://www.powells.com/subsection/BiographyGeneral.202.html
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Oscar Levant oscar levant. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/OscarLevant-1009099/
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Cloon031500 One of each evening's highlights was a film clip from ''An American in Paris'' featuringOscar levant. The pianist is playing Gershwin's Concerto in F and, in http://www.cincypost.com/living/2000/cloon031500.html
Extractions: School Links Column by Nick Clooney Visits with the Cincinnati Pops are always adventures. For instance, the ''Nights With Oscar'' concerts on March 5 and 12 took on an entirely new meaning as the story of a human Oscar nearly upstaged the famed golden statuettes. One of each evening's highlights was a film clip from ''An American in Paris'' featuring Oscar Levant. The pianist is playing Gershwin's Concerto in F and, in the scene, fantasizes that he is not only the soloist, but the conductor, the string section, the tympanist, several other orchestra members and, ultimately, the appreciative audience shouting ''Bravo!'' It is a very funny scene and we on stage were enjoying it as much as the audience. I was sitting very close to the string section and caught the eye of Don Gibson, who told me Levant had once performed that very concerto with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and had created a storm of controversy. Of course, I was intrigued and, after the concert, Don promised to bring me a part of Levant's biography dealing with the incident. The young conductor who did such a fine job leading the Cincinnati Pops through the minefield of time-critical motion picture soundtracks, John Morris Russell, was drawn into the conversation, too. He was as interested as I. And why not? Oscar Levant was one of those personalities whose towering talent is rivaled by an equally towering eccentricity.
Author Index - L Lester, Paul, / Letterman, David, US comic, 04/12/1947, levant, oscar, USpianist, 12/27/1906, 08/14/1972. Levenson, Sam, US comic writer, 12/28/1911, 08/27/1980. http://www.born-today.com/Today/alpha/_l.shtml
Extractions: Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author. "/" doesn't go anywhere. If you can supply any dates for any of these people... Drop mister level a line! Name Occupation Born Died L'Amour, Louis US writer Ladd, Alan US actor Ladewski, Paul Laemmle, Carl US director Laing, R(onald) D(avid) English psychiatrist Lake, Ricki US actor Lake, Veronica US actor LaLanne, Jack US fiitness guru Lamarr, Hedy US actor Lamas, Fernando actor Lamb, Lady Caroline writer Lamb, Charles English writer Lamb, Karen Lamott, Anne writer Lamour, Dorothy US actor Lamport, Leslie Lancaster, Sir Osbert English critic Lanchester, Elsa US actor Landau, E. Landers, Ann US advice columnist Landor, Walter Savage English writer Landry, Tom US sports football coac Lang, Andrew Scottish writer lang, k. d. US singer Lange, Dorothea US photographer Lansing, Sherry US movie exec Lao-Tzu, Chinese philosopher Lara, Adair writer Lardner, David critic Lardner, Sr., Ringold Wilmer US writer Larkin, Philip Larson, Doug Larson, Gary US cartoonist Laski, Harold Joseph
Raykoff Article Part 5, Volume 2 Issue 1 Spring 2000 and the solipsistic identification of concerto, instrument, and self, oscar Levantdaydreams about a in the performance not only the virtuoso pianist, but the http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/echo/Volume2-Issue1/raykoff/raykoff-article-part5.htm
Extractions: Shine is Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in D minor, op. 30. Part of the film’s hype involved fetishizing the technical difficulty and musical challenge of this piece (witness popular press articles such as "Between the Rach III and a Hard Place: A Notoriously Brutal Concerto Stars in a New Film" ) in order for its practice and performance scenes to carry dramatic impact. "It’s a piece for elephants, elephantine!" David chatters. His piano teacher warns David’s demanding father, "Whatever you do, don’t you inflict bloody Rachmaninoff on him! He’s not ready!" The professor exhorts David to imagine the "monumental Rach 3" in terms of a confrontation between concerto agents: "Think of it as two separate melodies jousting for supremacy!" The concerto performance itself is presented as a dangerous interaction: "Performing is a risk, you know! No safety net!" his professor warns him. "Make no mistake, David—it’s dangerous. You will get hurt!"
Born Today - December 27 Behind the phoney tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel. OscarLevant (12/27/1906 8/14/1972); American composer, pianist. http://www.born-today.com/Today/12-27.htm
Extractions: Born Yesterday Born Today 12-27 Born Tomorrow Birth Dates Died Yesterday Died Today ... Death Dates "I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." "Chance favors only the prepared mind." "I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America." "Poor Elsa [Lanchester] Charles Laughton household, once he became a star, but he already had the role." "Behind the phoney tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel." "If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English." Born Yesterday Born Today 12-27 Born Tomorrow Birth Dates Died Yesterday Died Today ... Death Dates
Al Jolson - KMH From October 2, 1947, through May 26, 1949, Al Jolson, along with pianist OscarLevant, welcomed a variety of guests from the stage, screen, and radio to http://www.jolson.org/works/radio/kmh.html
Extractions: His Works Radio The Kraft Music Hall In October, 1947, Al Jolson assumed the starring role on the Kraft Music Hall, a radio program he had introduced in the early 1930s. From October 2, 1947, through May 26, 1949, Al Jolson, along with pianist Oscar Levant, welcomed a variety of guests from the stage, screen, and radio to seventy-one broadcasts of the program. The usual format of the program included an introductory song by Jolson, a piano piece by Levant, a routine between the two principles, the guest star, and a closing number by Jolson. Depending on the guest star, this pattern could be altered, modified, or trashed completely. Although the original format included a female vocalist, Milenna Miller, added because the network and sponsors were afraid that Jolson could not carry the show himself, she was quietly dropped after the second show. In the review of the premier broadcast, Variety picked up on this piece of miscasting, and suggested the change in their review. Summary of Broadcasts
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