Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
Articles
Good-night, Oscar Levant
Notes on an all too brief encounter in Hollywood
April
1
1973
Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen
Good-night, Oscar Levant
Candice Bergen
April
1
1973
View Article Pages
Articles
Good-night, Oscar Levant
Notes on an all too brief encounter in Hollywood
April
1
1973
Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
NOVELLA
The Heart in Dreams
April
1973
By
Reynolds Price
PROFILES
Checking in with Allen Ginsberg
April
1973
By
Gerald Clarke
SPORTS
Gorgeous Dan
April
1973
By
John Irving
PROFILES
Frank Perdue Is Chicken!
April
1973
By
Christian McAdams
SUPPLEMENTS
Jack Nicklaus, Looking Good
April
1973
By
Ken Bowden
Articles
The Social Status of the Martini
April
1973
By
James Villas
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
NOVELLA
The Heart in Dreams
April
1973
By
Reynolds Price
PROFILES
Checking in with Allen Ginsberg
April
1973
By
Gerald Clarke
SPORTS
Gorgeous Dan
April
1973
By
John Irving
Hollywood
PHOTOGRAPHY
Shot Through the Heart
OCTOBER '16
By
ASH CARTER
FEATURES
Robert Mitchum Gives a Rare Interview
FEBRUARY 1983
By
Barry Rehfeld
Profiles
Arts & Letters
The Many Directions of Peter Sellars
DECEMBER 1984
By
Jennifer Allen
Trailblazers
Oswald Avery and the Cascade of Surprises
DECEMBER 1983
By
LEWIS THOMAS
Articles
The Prodigies
MAY, 1964
By
Martin Mayer
Candice Bergen
THE CONVERSATION
Candice Bergen & William Styron
JANUARY 1982
ARTICLES
What I Did Last Summer
DECEMBER 1965
By
Candice Bergen
Articles
Is Bel Air Burning?
DECEMBER 1967
By
Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen
THE CONVERSATION
Candice Bergen & William Styron
JANUARY 1982
ARTICLES
What I Did Last Summer
DECEMBER 1965
By
Candice Bergen
Articles
Is Bel Air Burning?
DECEMBER 1967
By
Candice Bergen
Articles
Articles
How We Would Whip Floyd Patterson
NOVEMBER, 1957
By
CHARLEY GOLDMAN, Rocky Marciano
ARTICLES
Sex, Sighs, and Miseries
FEBRUARY, 1953
By
GEORGE FRAZIER
Articles
The Anatomy of Solitude
OCTOBER, 1962
By
JOHN SIBLEY
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published