Jakob Gimpel

Movies

The Mephisto Waltz
Musician
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.
The Story of Three Loves
Musician
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Johann Mouse
Original Music Composer
At the home of Viennese composer Johann Strauss lived Johann Mouse. Whenever the composer played his waltzes, the mouse would dance to the music, unable to control himself. One day, when Strauss was away, the house cat played his master's music. When word got out about a piano-playing cat and a dancing mouse, they were commanded to perform for the emperor.
Strange Fascination
Original Music Composer
A homely middle-aged man falls hard for a much younger woman leading to disaster.
Possessed
Walter Sveldon - pianist
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Gaslight
Pianist
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.