11 Facts About Arthur Schwartz

Arthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz.

Arthur Schwartz taught himself to play the harmonica and piano as a child, and began playing for silent films at age 14.

Arthur Schwartz attempted to convince Howard Dietz, an MGM publicist who had collaborated with Jerome Kern, to work with him, but Dietz initially declined.

Arthur 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, which featured the same cast as The Little Show and featured the hit "Something to Remember You By".

Arthur Schwartz started contributing songs to motion pictures, beginning with "I'm Afraid of You" in Queen High.

Arthur Schwartz's films include the MGM musical The Band Wagon with lyrics by Dietz.

Arthur Schwartz's work includes the musical Cover Girl and the Cole Porter biographical film Night and Day.

Arthur 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.

In 1972, Arthur Schwartz was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 1990, Arthur Schwartz's hit, "That's Entertainment" from the film The Band Wagon, was awarded the ASCAP Award for Most Performed Feature Film Standard.

Arthur 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.