Artie Shaw
Popularity:0.1336
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1910-05-23
Place of Birth:New York City, New York, USA
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Also Known As:Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Arthur Arshawsky, King of the Clarinet

Second Chorus (1941)
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their...

The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine (2003)
An overview of Cole Porter’s musical contributions to the film Broadway Melody of 1940.

Artie Shaw's Class in Swing (1939)
This film is less a typical musical short and more like an educational film. It consists of a narrator describing the music, composition and style of...

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college...

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies (2017)
A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of...

The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972....

Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life...

From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at...

Jazz Ball (1956)
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

Symphony of Swing (1939)
Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good".

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet (1982)
Through interviews, archival footage, photos and classic tunes, learn about the remarkable career and troubled life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix...

Jazz (2001)
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the...

McCloud (1970)
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a...

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...