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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz.

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City, on November 25, 1900.<ref name=C224>Template:Cite news</ref> He taught himself to play the harmonica and piano as a child, and began playing for silent films at age 14. He earned a B.A. in English at New York University and an M.A. in Architecture at Columbia. Forced by his father, an attorney, to study law, Schwartz graduated from NYU Law School with a Juris Doctor and was admitted to the bar in 1924.<ref name=C224 /><ref name=AD>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

While studying law, he supported himself by teaching English in the New York school system. He also worked on songwriting concurrently with his studies and published his first song ("Baltimore, Md., You're the Only Doctor for Me", with lyrics by Eli Dawson) by 1923.<ref name=C224 /> Acquaintances such as Lorenz Hart and George Gershwin encouraged him to stick with composing. He attempted to convince Howard Dietz, an MGM publicist who had collaborated with Jerome Kern, to work with him, but Dietz initially declined.<ref name=AD />

As Artist Direct documents: Schwartz placed his first songs in a Broadway show, The New Yorkers (March 10, 1927). By 1928, he had closed his law office and convinced Dietz to write with him. Their first songs together were used in the Broadway revue The Little Show (April 30, 1929) and included "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan", which belatedly became a hit three years later when it was recorded by Rudy Vallée. Schwartz's career was launched, and in 1930 he contributed songs to six shows, three in London and three in New York, the most successful of which was Three's a Crowd (October 15, 1930), which featured the same cast as The Little Show and featured the hit "Something to Remember You By". Schwartz also started contributing songs to motion pictures, beginning with "I'm Afraid of You" (lyrics by Ralph Rainger and Edward Eliscu) in Queen High (1930).<ref name=AD />

Among other Broadway musicals for which Schwartz wrote the music are: The Band Wagon (1931), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), By the Beautiful Sea (1954), The Gay Life (1961), and Jennie (1963). His films include the MGM musical The Band Wagon (1953) with lyrics by Dietz.

Schwartz also worked as a producer, for Columbia Pictures. His work includes the musical Cover Girl (1944) and the Cole Porter biographical film Night and Day (1946).<ref name=AD />

FamilyEdit

Schwartz was married to 1930s Broadway ingénue Kay Carrington, until her death when their first son, Jonathan Schwartz (born 1938), was 14. Jonathan is now a radio personality and sometime musician.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Schwartz's younger son, Paul Schwartz (born 1956), with actress/dancer Mary Schwartz, is a composer, conductor, pianist, and producer.

DeathEdit

Arthur Schwartz died September 3, 1984, in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

AwardsEdit

Schwartz received two Academy Award nominations for Best Song: the first in 1944 for "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" in the film Thank Your Lucky Stars; the second in 1948 for "A Gal in Calico" from the film The Time, the Place and the Girl.<ref name=C224 /><ref name=AD />

In 1972, Schwartz was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref name=C224 /> In 1981, he was inducted in 1981 into the American Theater Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1990, Schwartz's hit, "That's Entertainment" from the film The Band Wagon, was awarded the ASCAP Award for Most Performed Feature Film Standard.<ref name=C224 /><ref name=AD />

CollaboratorsEdit

Schwartz collaborated with some of the best lyricists of his day, including Dietz, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Edward Heyman, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Leo Robin, and Al Stillman.<ref name=C224 /><ref name=AD />

MusicalsEdit

See the section Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984) in List of musicals by composer: M to Z#S.

SongsEdit

The following is a selection of songs composed by Arthur Schwartz.

With Howard DietzEdit

With other lyricistsEdit

  • "After All You're All I'm After" (words by Edward Heyman, 1933)
  • "Then I'll Be Tired of You" (words by E. Y. Harburg, 1934); recorded by Fats Waller and Jeri Southern
  • "An Old Flame Never Dies" (words by Al Stillman and Laurence Stallings), performed in the operetta Virginia
  • "A Lady Needs a Change" (words by Dorothy Fields), performed by Ethel Merman in Stars in Your Eyes (1939)<ref name="Stars in Your Eyes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Warner Bros. Classics (February 27, 2017). "Ice Cold Katy". YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2024.</ref> (all to words by Frank Loesser), in the film Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

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