Artie Shaw
Also Known As: Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Arthur Arshawsky, King of the Clarinet
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: May 23, 1910
Deathday: December 30, 2004
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Second Chorus
Overview: 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 exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-03
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The Long Night of Lady Day
Overview: This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimately shortened by drug abuse and alcoholism. Her story and career are portrayed through rare archival film and television appearances, memorable renditions of her greatest songs, and interviews with friends and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-25
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Overview: An overview of Cole Porter’s musical contributions to the film Broadway Melody of 1940.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-02
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Artie Shaw's Class in Swing
Overview: 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 a big band.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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Dancing Co-Ed
Overview: 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 dance contest to find a new star.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-29
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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Overview: A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-06-09
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The Crash of Flight 401
Overview: True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-29
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Judy Garland: By Myself
Overview: 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 presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-25
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From the Ends of the Earth
Overview: 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 the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-28
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Jazz Ball
Overview: A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Overview: Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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Symphony of Swing
Overview: Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good".
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-30
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Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
Overview: Through interviews, archival footage, photos and classic tunes, learn about the remarkable career and troubled life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, who influenced countless musicians before alcoholism lead to his premature death. Close friends and associates such as Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie David and Louis Armstrong share their memories of Bix's abilities, playing style and personality.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-25
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