4 Movies Starring Oscar Levant

You Were Meant for Me

You Were Meant for Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (165 Reviews)

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Genres:

Musical

Cast:

Writer:

Elick Moll (original screenplay)

Valentine Davies (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, but it is the 1929 Crash that makes things really tough for the both of them.

The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-09-01

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

(1923 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Walters

Cast:

Writer:

Betty Comden (original screenplay)

Adolph Green (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.

An American in Paris

An American in Paris

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-11-11

Languages:

English, French, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (20005 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-07

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6922 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Betty Comden (story)

Adolph Green (story)

Fullplot:

Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him. But his old friends Lily and Les Martin have an idea for a funny little Broadway show and he agrees to do it. But things begin to get out of hand, when bigshot "artistic" director/producer/star Jeffrey Cordova joins the production, proclaims it's a modernistic Faust and insists on hiring a prima ballerina, Gabrielle Gerard, to star opposite Tony, and it's hate at first sight. And her jealous choreographer isn't helping to ease the tension. The show is doomed by pretentiousness. But romance, a "let's put on a show" epiphany, and a triumphant opening are waiting in the wings. After all, this is a musical comedy!

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