Arthur Schwartz
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In 1930 Three’s a Crowd featured the hit “Something to Remember You By.” In 1931 The Bandwagon was a huge success with “Dancing in the Dark” and “I Love Louisa.” In 1932 Flying Colors produced “Alone Together,” “Louisiana Hayride,” and “A Shine on Your Shoes.” Their next 1934 show flopped but featured “You and the Night and the Music” and “If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You.”
While Schwartz endured a series of Broadway flops, he enjoyed success writing for movies. Bette Davis sang the Oscar-nominated “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” (lyrics by Frank Loesser) in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943). “A Gal in Calico” from The Time, the Place, and the Girl (1946) earned another Academy nomination for him and lyricist Leo Robin.
Schwartz turned to producing films with Cover Girl in 1944 and Night and Day in 1946. In 1948 he returned to Broadway and wrote “Haunted Heart” which became a hit for Jo Stafford. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), written with Dorothy Fields, brought us “Make the Man Love Me.” In 1953 Schwartz teamed with Dietz for a film adaptation of The Bandwagon. It was nominated for best score and introduced the show biz classic, “That’s Entertainment!”
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Roy Hemming
The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals
Newmarket Press
(Includes a seven page section on Arthur Schwartz)
Arthur Schwartz (Composer)
Band Wagon: Movie Selections (Classic Movie Musicals)
Warner Brothers Publications
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan
The Band Wagon
Warner Home Video
DVD
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly
Cover Girl
Sony Pictures
DVD Producer
Cary Grant, Alexis Smith
Night and Day
That's Entertainment Trilogy
That's Entertainment!
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
VellaVision
A Musical Life in Concert - Arthur Schwartz
Drg
VHS
Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
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