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Leopold Stokowski
London, England, UK
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was an English conductor of Jewish-Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading and influential conductors of the ear…
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Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was an English conductor of Jewish-Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading and influential conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed.
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2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie Self - Musician (archive footage)
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2014
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Historic Telecasts
Movie Conductor
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2002
Leopold Stokowski - Classic Archive
Movie Conductor
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2000
Fantasia 2000
Movie Conductor
- 1993
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1957
Tricks of Our Trade
Movie
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1955
The Story of the Animated Drawing
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1947
Carnegie Hall
Movie Leopold Stokowski
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1942
Clair de Lune
Movie Himself
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1940
Fantasia
Movie Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra
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1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Movie Leopold Stokowski
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1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Movie Leopold Stokowski
