* 1906 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer and actor ( d. 1972 )

Hawks's short film The Ransom of Red Chief starred Fred Allen, Oscar Levant and Lee Aaker.

* December 27 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor ( d. 1972 )

* August 14 – Oscar Levant, American pianist and actor ( b. 1906 )

Many celebrities appear, including Oscar Levant, Fred Astaire, Otto Klemperer, Lily Pons, and members of the original cast of Porgy and Bess.

The other stories are " The Clarion Call ", " The Last Leaf ", " The Ransom of Red Chief " ( starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant ), and " The Gift of the Magi ".

Fellow pianist and composer Oscar Levant dubbed Waller " the black Horowitz ".

With Judy Garland, he sang Irving Berlin's " A Couple of Swells " from Easter Parade ( 1948 ); and, with Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant, and Nanette Fabray he delivered Betty Comden and Adolph Green's " That's Entertainment " from The Band Wagon ( 1953 ).

President Calvin Coolidge, opera singer Abbie Mitchell, and vaudeville stars such as Phil Baker, Ben Bernie, Eddie Cantor, and Oscar Levant appeared in the firm's pictures.

He also conducted broadcast performances of Copland's El Salón México ; Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with soloists Earl Wild and Benny Goodman and Piano Concerto in F with pianist Oscar Levant ; and music by other American composers, including marches of John Philip Sousa.

* Some Pleasant Moments In The 20th Century – Oscar Levant

* " Blame It On My Youth " w. Edward Heyman m. Oscar Levant

* " Lovable And Sweet " w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant.

* " If You Want the Rainbow " w. Mort Dixon & Billy Rose m. Oscar Levant.

* " We've Got The Moon And Sixpence " Oscar Levant, Clifford Grey

* " Lady, Play Your Mandolin " w. Irving Caesar m. Oscar Levant

* December 27 – Oscar Levant, pianist and actor ( died 1972 )

* June Gale Levant ( 1911 – 1996 ), actress, wife of Oscar Levant

* Oscar Levant ( 1906 – 1972 ), actor, pianist

* 1948 – Oscar Levant in the film The Barkleys of Broadway ( US )

* The Barkleys of Broadway ( US, 1949 )-pianist Oscar Levant plays a piano transcription of the piece

He also starred with Oscar Levant in O ' Henry's Full House, starring in the story " The Ransom of Red Chief.

Oscar Levant ( December 27, 1906August 14, 1972 ) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor.

Likewise, Oscar Wilde wrote, " We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language " ( The Canterville Ghost, 1888 ).

The first documented bouldering advocate may have been Oscar Eckenstein, a British engineer and innovative climber who wrote about bouldering, and in the 1890s conducted an informal bouldering competition for natives in Askole, a village in the Karakoram mountains.

Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?

Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer of the decadent movement and famous dandyThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer who published the libertarian socialist work titled The Soul of Man under SocialismThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

Peter Howell, in his review for the Toronto Star, wrote, " It's hard to believe that this is the work of a team that won an Oscar last year for the original screenplay of Fargo.

* Oscar Wilde wrote a poem entitled " Ravenna " in 1878.

In the England of the Aesthetic Movement, Aubrey Beardsley's drawings attested profound kinship with the figure ; Olive Custance ( who would marry Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas ) published the poem " Pierrot " in 1897 ; and Ernest Dowson wrote the verse-play Pierrot of the Minute ( 1897, illustrated by Beardsley ), to which the composer Sir Granville Bantock would later contribute an orchestral prologue ( 1908 ).

Hart also wrote some screenplays, including Gentleman's Agreement ( 1947 ) – for which he received an Oscar nomination – Hans Christian Andersen ( 1952 ) and A Star Is Born ( 1954 ).

Serling wrote many of the teleplays, including " Camera Obscura ", " The Caterpillar " ( based on a short story by Oscar Cook ), " Class of ' 99 ", " Cool Air " ( based on a short story by H. P.

Harris also wrote short stories and novels, two books on Shakespeare, a series of biographical sketches in five volumes under the title Contemporary Portraits and biographies of his friends Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.

In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, “ Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Osborne wrote many of the celebrated Mickey Mouse daily strip adventures which were later adapted into the popular Big Little Books of the 30's and 40's (" Pirate Submarine ", " The Seven Ghosts ", " Oscar the Ostrich ", " Race For Riches ", " Mickey Mouse Runs His Own Newspaper ", and several others ).

Louella Parsons, an American gossip columnist, wrote about Oscar night, February 29, 1940:

Lyrics, were written by Harold Adamson ( nominated 5 times for an Oscar )-nephew Bruce Adamson noted, that " Harold wrote several hundred songs for the film industry such hits as Wyatt Earp ; Time on My Hands ; Coming in on A Wing and a Prayer ; Around the World in 80 Days, An Affair to Remember, Sinatra's first Oscar nomination " I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night ," Jean Harlow's last song, Did I Remember ; naming a few " and the lyrics to ' I Love Lucy ' was sung by Desi Arnaz, written for the episode by Harold Adamson " Lucy's Last Birthday ":

Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, wrote, " It was his decision fifty years ago to publish the first edition of Oscar Wilde's letters which helped to put my grandfather back into the position which he lost in 1895 as one of the most charismatic and fascinating figures in English literary history.

With J. Milligan, he wrote the 2003 book The Wisdom of Big Bird ( and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch ): Lessons from a Life in Feathers ( ISBN 0-375-50781-7 ).

He received Oscar nominations for his portrayals of evangelical preacher Euliss " Sonny " Dewey in The Apostle ( 1997 ) — a film he also wrote and directed — and lawyer Jerome Facher in A Civil Action ( 1998 ).

Concerning volume one of the book, The Sunday Times reviewer Oscar Turnill wrote that " Fleming was right in judging the children's market ripe for the ... cliff hanger " and praised his " avuncular and knowledgeable storytelling ", which was matched by Burningham's illustrations.

For writing the screenplay for Equus, he was nominated for the 1977 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar but the award went to Alvin Sargent, who wrote the screenplay for Julia.

Between two movies made by Orson Welles ( see below ), he wrote the score for William Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster ( 1941 ), for which he won his only Oscar.