Oscar Levant

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.

Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."

PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar.

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

A loving tribute to Astaire the singer, hosted by Audrey Hepburn.

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

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.

영화와 무대를 오가던 스타 토니 헌터는 자신이 한물갔다는 느낌을 갖는다. 그의 친구 레스터와 릴리는 토니의 완벽한 컴백 무대가 될 공연을 제안하고, 토니도 동참하기로 한다. 하지만 거물급 연출가 제프리 코르도바가 합류해 극에 ‘파우스트’의 음울한 재해석을 가미하면서 토니는 불안에 빠진다. 뮤지컬과 쇼 비즈니스의 세계를 찬양한 영화로 이미 쉰을 넘긴 프레드 아스테어에 대한 미넬리의 오마주가 담긴 작품. 은막의 스타가 뮤지컬 세계로 복귀하는 과정을 통해 뮤지컬의 매혹을 그리고 있다. 프레드 아스테어와 시드 채리스가 공원에서 달빛을 맞으며 춤을 추는 장면과 필름누아르를 뮤지컬의 춤과 음악으로 표현한 영화 후반부 장면이 환상적이다.

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.

오 헨리의 유명한 단편 소설 `경찰관과 찬송가`, `나팔소리`, `마지막 잎새`, `붉은 추장의 몸값`, `크리스마스 선물` 등을 수록한 옴니버스 영화

미국 태생의 제리 멀리간(Jerry Mulligan: 진 켈리 분)은 화가로서의 수업을 위해 파리에 정착한다. 그에게는 피아니스트인 아담(Adam Cook: 오스카 레반트 분)과 프랑스계 가수인 헨리(Henri Baurel: 죠지스 구터리 분)가 같은 건물의 친구들이었고 거리의 꼬마 친구들이 많이 있었다. 그날도 거리의 꼬마 친구들과 노래를 부르다 자기가 그린 작품을 골목에 전시해 놓고 손님을 기다리던 중 금발의 이쁜 미국 여인 마일로(Milo Roberts: 니나 포치 분)를 만나게 된다. 그의 작품을 인정하는 그녀의 호의로 그는 그녀와 사귀게 되고 부자인 그녀의 도움으로 파리 문화계의 인사들과 접촉하게 된다. 그러나 그는 향수 가게의 점원으로 있는 리사(Lise Bouvier: 레슬리 카론 분)라는 아가씨에게 반해 있었고 곧 서로 사랑하게 된다. 그러나 리사에게는 이미 결혼을 약속한 애인이 있었고 그가 바로 그의 친구인 헨리란는 사실을 고백 받는다. 그리고 곧 결혼식을 올린뒤 미국으로 떠난다는 말을 듣고 비련에 빠져버린다. 한편 마일로는 제리를 위해 전시회를 준비 중이었고 그의 환심을 사려고 온갖 방법을 다 동원한 리사의 고백에 상심이 된 제리는 마일로를 유혹 예술 대학생들의 밤의 축제에 데리고 간다. 그곳에서 춤을 추고있는 헨리와 리사 본 제리는 자기가 사랑하는 여인은 바로 리사라고 마일로에게 고백한다. 그리고 마지막밤 그녀를 떠나보낸 제리는 리사와의 환상의 궁전에서 춤을 추기 시작한다.

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

서로에 대한 의심으로 가득찬 켄트부부는 결혼기념일을 맞이하여, '리우데자네이루'로 크루즈 여행을 계획을 하였으나, 남편(마이클 켄트)은 의도치 않은 비지니스로 인해 아내(엘비라)와 같이 크루즈 여행을 할 상황이 되지 않자, 엘비라는 단독으로 여행을 떠날 결심을 하고, 이에 서로를 사랑하지만 서로 질투하는 마음으로 서로가 불성실하다고 의심을 한 마이클은 크루즈 여행을 떠나는 아내를 감시할 탐정을 고용하는데...

A bandleader falls in love and marries a small town girl.

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.

We have writer Fadiman, regulars Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant, and John Kieran, with Boris Karloff as the guest panelist for this edition of Information Please.

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

Deems Taylor joins Clifton Fadiman and the Information Please regular panel members, Oscar Levant, Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran, for this entry in the series based on the radio program.

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segment stars Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, and John Kieran.It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel, a rare instance of a game show being nominated for an Academy Award.

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.

To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard) in this 1934 film directed by Worthington Miner.

Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.

Early music video.