Oscar Levant in Hydrotherapy in The Cobweb (1955)
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Uploaded by sekeith2001 on Aug 14, 2009
Hydrotherapy as depicted in The Cobweb, a 1955 Vincente Minnelli drama (loosely based on the Menninger Clinic). Oscar Levant, in his last film role, plays Mr. Capp. Levant was actually resident in a psychiatric facility during filming-- he would check out each day to go to the studio and check back in after shooting.
The Cobweb is based on the book of the same name by playwright William Gibson (author of The Miracle Worker), who wrote some of the screenplay as well. It features Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Lillian Gish, Charles Boyer, and Susan Strasberg. The nurse in this scene is played by Myra Marsh, who manipulates the hydrotherapy wall unit early in this clip.
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@sclogse1 Many thanks for your reply. I have purchased "Humouresque" and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the information about "The Cobweb".
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This film (The Cobweb) has been released in 2011, along with another one or two Vincent Minelli (sp?) films. They're all great. Pick up Humouresque for the best most awesome Oscar ever, though. his lines in that are unsurpassed. And..Oscar has much better lines in this cobweb movie than this scene.
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Wish I could have seen this entire film.
Oscar, we miss you so much.
Rest in peace.
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Somewhere on youtube there is. Great one too. He made a crack and the audience kind of moaned a bit.. Jack says something like "Oh come on". Without missing a beat, Oscar puts a hand on his sleeve and says: "Don't berate your audience.. you have one of the most intelligent and responsive audiences since Hitler in the good ol days..". The comment brought the house down with laughter. Great stuff.
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Too bad there are no videos of Oscar on the Jack Paar show.
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You were one in a million, Oscar, and you are missed...
moloch49 1 year ago 6
Oscar Levant was truly unique. He wasn't an actor. All of his roles were the same. He played himself. He wasn't the greatest pianist, but he was my favorite.
unclejuniorsoprano 2 years ago 3