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The Valiant Hombre (1949)

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

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American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) A Simple Girl

Starring Oscar Levant: The Barkleys Of Broadway

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The Valiant Hombre (1949)

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

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An American in Paris - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's An American in Paris (1951), directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.

The Band Wagon - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's The Band Wagon (1953), directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, and Nanette Fabray.

Videos

American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) A Simple Girl Variations on Gershwin's "Embraceable You" support Henri (Georges Guetary) as he describes his girlfriend Lise (Leslie Caron) to Adam (Oscar Levant) in a fantasy musical sequence in An American In Paris, 1951.

O. Henry's Full House (1952) -- (Movie Clip) The Ransom Of Red Chief Droll Alabamians Kathleen Freeman and Irving Bacon are little moved when their son (Lee Aaker) is kidnapped by bumbling Yankee interlopers Sam Brown (Fred Allen) and William Smith (Oscar Levant), who hope to turn a quick profit, Howard Hawks directing, in the literary anthology O. Henry’s Full House, 1952.

Cobweb, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Sometimes A Little Dictatorial Lively meeting of inmates at the pricey Midwestern psychiatric clinic, chaired by Holcomb (Edgar Stehli), bothered by Oscar Levant, Jan Arvan, Ruth Clifford and Jarma Lewis, Richard Widmark the doctor arriving, Lauren Bacall seems to be on staff, Susan Strasberg and John Kerr backing an initiative, early in Vincente Minnelli’s The Cobweb, 1955.

Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) That's Entertainment Bloviating director Cordova (Jack Buchanan) has just fallen from a platform while making his point, which he continues for Lester & Lily (Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray) and Tony (Fred Astaire), a now-famous tune by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, in Vincente Minnelli's The Band Wagon, 1953.

Barkleys Of Broadway, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Two Broken Legs Bimbo understudy Shirlene (Gale Robbins) motivates Dinah (Ginger Rogers) in a rare straight tap number with husband Josh (Fred Astaire) to Harry Warren's "Bouncin' The Blues," with Clinton Sundberg and Oscar Levant, in The Barkleys Of Broadway, 1949.

Humoresque (1947) -- (Movie Clip) All Kinds Of Animals Top-billed Joan Crawford in her first scene as New York socialite Helen Wright, intrigued by ambitious but caustic violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield), come to her party seeking patrons, Oscar Levant his partner, in Jean Negulesco's Humoresque, 1947.

Humoresque (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Then You Think I'm Terrific? Fresh from failing with a radio orchestra, Paul Boray (John Garfield, with maestro Isaac Stern's fingering) in a famous montage by director Jean Negulesco, then counseled by pianist friend Sid (Oscar Levant), in Humoresque, 1947.

American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Adam's Fantasy Probably the only time the ubiquitous wit and piano virtuoso Oscar Levant (as "Adam") ever got five minutes alone on screen, in a fantasy of himself conducting and playing (his pal George) Gershwin's "Concerto in F," from An American In Paris, 1951.

Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) This Girl is A Monster! Unwilling co-stars, old-movie hoofer Tony (Fred Astaire) and ballerina Gaby (Cyd Charisse) have a rocky first meeting, each about to storm out when they learn that their nutty director Cordova (Jack Buchanan) has won over the financiers, in Vincente Minnelli's The Band Wagon, 1953.

Romance On The High Seas -- (Movie Clip) I'm Deductible! Elvira (Janis Paige) and rich uncle (S.Z. Sakall) are scouting singer Georgia (Doris Day), introduced by her erstwhile boyfriend Oscar (Levant), with a tune by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, in Romance On The High Seas, 1948.

O. Henry's Full House - (Original Trailer) Five stories reveal O. Henry's gift for the surprise ending with the help of five directors and a host of stars in O. Henry's Full House (1952).

Band Wagon, The - (Original Trailer) A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop in The Band Wagon (1953), starring Fred Astaire.

Nothing Sacred - (Original Trailer) When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine in Nothing Sacred (1937).

Romance on the High Seas -- (Original Trailer) Singer Doris Day gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems during a Caribbean cruise in Romance on the High Seas (1948) featuring "It's Magic" and other songs by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn.

American in Paris, An - (Original Trailer) An American artist finds love in Paris in the Oscar®-winning musical romance, An American in Paris starring Gene Kelly.

Humoresque - (Original Trailer) A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic in Humoresque with Joan Crawford & John Garfield.

Barkleys of Broadway, The - (Original Trailer) A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress in The Barkleys of Broadway with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers.

Rhapsody in Blue - (Original Trailer) Robert Alda stars in Rhapsody in Blue (1945), a fictionalized biography of composer George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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