I am enjoying Paul Ford's book, but he could have used an editor.
Thanks DR singdaw that play sounds right up my alley.I remember Levant on the Friday night Paar show.....he was always smoking or fumbling for matches to light a cigarette. I also liked his book a lot.....he once said his favorite review was of a concert he gave wherein the critic said: "Last night Mr. Levant left his contemporaries and his conductor far behind."I remember one night when he and Paar were talking and Paar mentioned that Judy Garland would be a guess, Levant said: "She's one ahead of me on commitments, but I'm one ahead of her in suicide attempts."