Leopold Stokowski
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Leopold Stokowski
1937
Carnegie Hall
as Leopold Stokowski
1947
Tricks of Our Trade
1957
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Leopold Stokowski
1936
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self
1993
Fantasia
as Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra
1940
Clair de Lune
as Himself
1942
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017
The Story of the Animated Drawing
as Self (archive footage)
1955
Leopold Stokowski - Classic Archive
as Conductor
2002
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Historic Telecasts
as Conductor
2014
