Jose Iturbi

Pianist

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Birth Place

Valencia, ES

Born

November 28, 1895

Died

June 28, 1980

Biography

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Piano teacher and soloist whose film appearances in the 1940s introduced classical music to a broad audience....

Filmography

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One Love of Mine (1949)

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Music For Millions (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Toscanini, Iturbi And Me

Music For Millions (1944) -- (Movie Clip) The Audience Giggles

Biography

Piano teacher and soloist whose film appearances in the 1940s introduced classical music to a broad audience.

Filmography

Cast (Short)

One Love of Mine (1949)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Anchors Aweigh - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Anchors Aweigh (1945). Look for stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Kathryn Grayson, director George Sidney, and even MGM cartoon stars Tom & Jerry!

That Midnight Kiss - Publicity Stills

Here are several Publicity Stills from MGM's That Midnight Kiss (1949), starring Mario Lanza, Kathryn Grayson, and Ethel Barrymore. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Videos

Music For Millions (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Toscanini, Iturbi And Me Horsing around in rehearsal, the mostly-female wartime orchestra, Margaret O’Brien watches big sister June Allyson on bass, Marsha Hunt on harp, then manager Jimmy Durante with a modified version (Iturbi instead of Stokowski) of one of his standards, the conductor himself arriving, in Music For Millions, 1944.

Music For Millions (1944) -- (Movie Clip) The Audience Giggles Big sister and orchestra string-bass player Babs (June Allyson) with kid sister “Mike” (Margaret O’Brien), who interrupted the performance, finding her after arriving unexpectedly on the train, with Jose Iturbi the annoyed conductor and Jimmy Durante his harried manager, in MGM’s Music For Millions, 1944.

Three Daring Daughters (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Where There's Love Divorced fashion editor and single mom Louise (Jeanette MacDonald), resting on doctor's orders on a cruise to Cuba, joins pianist Jose Iturbi (playing himself) for a song by Richard Strauss, with lyrics by Earl Brent, in MGM's Three Daring Daughters, 1948, co-starring Jane Powell.

Thousands Cheer (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Kathryn Jones, Soprano End of the credits proclaiming the first movie appearance of MGM stalwart to-be Jose Iturbi, conducting for singer Kathryn (Grayson) from Verdi's La Traviata, her divorced parents (Mary Astor, John Boles) in the concert hall, opening MGM's patriotic all-star musical Thousands Cheer, 1944.

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