TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Oscar Levant.

Oscar Levant
Birthdate: December 27, 1906
Death date: August 14, 1972

Oscar Levant

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
No Reviews
2
1930s
No Reviews
0
1940s
1.8632
13
total ranking of 1.8632
1950s
2.3604
5
total ranking of 2.3604
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Oscar Levant is ranked overall as 1.7759 of of 4 stars1.7759

Oscar Levant Movie Rankings

1
Oscar Levant starring in American in Paris
Oscar Levant scores a combined 3.1047 out of 4 stars for American in Paris3.1047
Jerry, a struggling American painter falls in love with a cabaret dancer while in Paris. Meanwhile, a rich heiress is determined to have Jerry all to herself. ...more about American in Paris
2
Oscar Levant starring in Band Wagon
Oscar Levant scores a combined 3.0462 out of 4 stars for Band Wagon3.0462
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. ...more about Band Wagon
3
Oscar Levant starring in Humoresque
Oscar Levant scores a combined 2.7222 out of 4 stars for Humoresque2.7222
Helen Wright, a neurotic society woman, sets her sights on ambitious young violinist Paul Boray, who returns her love, but is undeterred from his music. ...more about Humoresque
4
Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949)
Oscar Levant scores a combined 2.6836 out of 4 stars for Barkleys of Broadway2.6836
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. ...more about Barkleys of Broadway
5
Cobweb, The (1955)
Oscar Levant scores a combined 2.3136 out of 4 stars for Cobweb2.3136
At an exclusive psychiatric clinic, the doctors and staff are about as crazy as the patients. The clinic head, Dr. Stewart McIver, thinks that it would be good therapy for his patients to design and make new drapes for the library. Mrs. ...more about Cobweb
  • Not Available on DVD
6
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Oscar Levant scores a combined 2.0898 out of 4 stars for O. Henry's Full House2.0898
Five O' Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. ...more about O. Henry's Full House
7
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Oscar Levant scores a combined 1.8036 out of 4 stars for Romance on the High Seas1.8036
Socialite Elvira Kent suspects her husband of fooling around with other women. When he announces he can't join her on their scheduled ocean voyage, she hires a nightclub singer, Georgia Garrett, to pose as her on the cruise. ...more about Romance on the High Seas
8
Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1923)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Dance of Life, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
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. ...more about Dance of Life
  • Not Available on DVD
10
I Don't Care Girl, The (1953)
No Reviews Available
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel (Himself), 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 (Mitzi Gaynor), and ...more about I Don't Care Girl
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Information Please No. 1 (1941)
No Reviews Available
In the first of the RKO series of shorts based on the popular radio program, Information Please, noted foreign correspondent John Gunther joins regular panel member Oscar Levant, Franklyn P. Adams and moderator Clifton Fadiman. ...more about Information Please No. 1
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Information Please No. 12 (1941)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Information Please No. 2 (1941)
No Reviews Available
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "Life With Father", as a visiting guest expert. ...more about Information Please No. 2
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Information Please No. 4 (1942)
No Reviews Available
Resident experts answer questions regarding popular queens as represented by different pieces of wearing apparel, well known lines of poetry acted out in pantomine are answered by experts Adams and Kierwan with a musical poser missed by expert Levant. ...more about Information Please No. 4
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Information Please: Series 1, No.11 (1940)
No Reviews Available
Christopher Morley, author of "Kitty Foyle", joins regular panel members Oscar Levant, Franklin P. ...more about Information Please: Series 1
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Information Please: Series1, No.10 (1940)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
No Reviews Available
Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic relationships with singer Julie Adams, who is desperately in love with him, and aloof socialite Christine Gilbert. ...more about Rhapsody in Blue
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Rhythm on the River (1940)
No Reviews Available
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. ...more about Rhythm on the River
20
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
No Reviews Available
1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. ...more about You Were Meant for Me
  • Not Available on DVD