Word: levant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC by Oscar Levant. 320 pages. Putnam...
...Oscar Levant's public image, if he still has one, is a blend of an exhibitionistic hypochondriac, an acerb wit, and a concert pianist who knows far more about music than he ever applied to the keys. All these Levantine facets faithfully reflect the man; or, to put it another way, he reflects them. The distinction is academic. After a lifetime largely devoted to his own self-construction, Levant himself probably cannot draw the line between the real Oscar and the one he invented. This book comes as close to defining it as its author will ever...
...memoirs of show-business people, unless ghosted, frequently read as if they were dashed off in a day, and Levant's is no exception. Whatever popped into his mind apparently was set down forthwith, without regard to organization or even grammar, and when the whole had achieved book length, he sent it along to the publisher with orders to alter not a single line...
...JACK PAAR PROGRAM (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Oscar Levant returns to the Paar podium, along with Gordon and Sheila MacRae. Color...
...Jack Paar Program (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Guests: Oscar Levant, the Smothers Brothers, Comedian Jackie Mason. Repeat...