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Nathan Levinson is a Sound and Sound Recordist American born on 15 july 1888 at New York City (USA)

Nathan Levinson

Nathan Levinson
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 july 1888 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 october 1952 (at 64 years) at Toluca Lake, Los Angeles (USA)

Nathan Levinson (15 July 1888 – 18 October 1952) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording for the film Yankee Doodle Dandy and was nominated for 16 more in the same category. He was also nominated seven times in the category Best Visual Effects.

The Oscar statue that Levinson won for Yankee Doodle Dandy was sold for nearly $90,000 at an auction in Dallas in July 2011.

Biography

Alors qu'il travaille pour Western Electric Company, il visite en 1925 les Laboratoires Bell et y assiste à une démonstration de synchronisation du son avec des images. Il persuade alors Sam Warner de s'intéresser à ce système, qui sera adopté dans Don Juan en 1926, puis dans Le Chanteur de jazz en 1927

Best films

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
(Sound)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
(Sound)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
(Sound Recordist)
42nd Street (1933)
(Sound)

Usually with

Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(4 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(4 films)
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
(4 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nathan Levinson (7 films)

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Sound

A Streetcar Named Desire, 2h2
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Melodrama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Théâtre, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis
Roles Sound
Rating78% 3.9482653.9482653.9482653.9482653.948265
Under mysterious circumstances, Blanche DuBois, an aging highschool teacher, leaves her home in Auriol, Mississippi to travel to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella Kowalski. She arrives on the train and boards a streetcar named "Desire" and reaches her sister's home in the French Quarter where she discovers that her sister and brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, live in a cramped and dilapidated two-room apartment in an old New Orleans tenement. Blanche and Stella are all that remain of an old aristocratic family. Blanche discloses that the family estate, Belle Reve, has been lost to creditors, and that she wants to stay with Stella and Stanley for a while. Blanche seems lost and broke, with nowhere to go. Stella welcomes her with an open heart.
The Sea Hawk, 2h7
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Flora Robson, Henry Daniell
Roles Sound Director
Rating75% 3.7961753.7961753.7961753.7961753.796175
The film begins with King Philip II of Spain (Montagu Love) declaring his intention to destroy England and after this "puny rockbound island as barren and treacherous as her Queen" is out of the way, he believes that world conquest will follow: he says his great wall map, one day, "will have ceased to be a map of the world; it will be Spain." He sends one of his courtiers, Don Alvarez (Claude Rains), as his ambassador to allay the suspicions of Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson) about the great armada he is building to invade England. In England, some of the Queen's ministers plead with her to build a fleet, which she hesitates to do in order to spare the purses of her subjects.
The Green Pastures, 1h33
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson, Frank Wilson, Frank H. Wilson, George Reed
Roles Sound
Rating69% 3.488543.488543.488543.488543.48854
Voir l'article consacré à l'adaptation télévisée française de 1964.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2h13
Directed by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland
Roles Sound
Rating67% 3.396763.396763.396763.396763.39676
Part one A beautiful young woman named Hermia (Olivia de Havilland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana.
Flirtation Walk, 1h37
Directed by Frank Borzage, Bobby Connelly
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Henry O'Neill, John Arledge, Ross Alexander
Roles Sound Director
Rating56% 2.8029752.8029752.8029752.8029752.802975
Richard Palmer Grant Dorcy, known as "Canary," (Powell) is an enlisted man in the United States Army. Stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, he has an friendly but argumentative relationship with his sergeant, Scrapper Thornhill (Pat O'Brien). Although he hates taking orders, Dick has no intention of becoming an officer. When General Fitts (Henry O'Neill) arrives at the base with his daughter Kit (Keeler), Dick is assigned to drive her to the reception that evening. Falling victim to the moonlit night, Kit and Dick miss the reception and attend a native luau instead. They are discovered in each other's arms by Lieutenant Biddle (John Eldredge), who is also in love with Kit. Biddle blames Dick for ruining Kit's reputation and Dick decides to desert. Scrapper begs Kit to straighten things out with Biddle.
42nd Street, 1h29
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, George Brent, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Roles Sound
Rating72% 3.646623.646623.646623.646623.64662
It is 1932, the depth of the Depression, and noted Broadway producers Jones (Robert McWade) and Barry (Ned Sparks) are putting on Pretty Lady, a musical starring Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels). She is involved with wealthy Abner Dillon (Guy Kibbee), the show's "angel" (financial backer), but while she is busy keeping him both hooked and at arm's length, she is secretly seeing her old vaudeville partner, out-of-work Pat Denning (George Brent).

Team

Gold Diggers of 1933, 1h36
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating76% 3.844843.844843.844843.844843.84484
The "gold diggers" are four aspiring actresses: Polly the ingenue (Ruby Keeler), Carol the torch singer (Joan Blondell), Trixie the comedienne (Aline MacMahon), and Fay the glamour puss (Ginger Rogers).