His name was Artie Shaw, but he was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, the son of Jewish immigrants. Artie married eight times and among his wives—check this—were Ava Gardner, the smoldering beauty ...

“Everytime I change the toilet paper, I think of Artie Shaw.” This quote comes courtesy of Evelyn Keyes, the actress best remembered by noir enthusiasts for her turn as a femme fatale in “The Prowler” ...

It screened in a restoration at Film Forum a couple of years back. Now, her follow-up to that movie, “Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” (1985), is similarly restored and booked at Film Forum.

Both feature clarinetist Artie Shaw leading his big band. "Artie Shaw and His Orchestra" was made in 1938. The second, "Artie Shaw and His Orchestra in Symphony of Swing," is from 1939.

ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU’VE GOT (1985) Written, Produced, Edited, Directed and Narrated by Brigitte Berman / Music: Artie Shaw / Cinematography: James Aquila & Mark Irwin (1.33:1 ...

Her second husband, after a misbegotten alliance in her teens with Mickey Rooney, was the Jewish bandleader Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky). Gardner later told a prospective biographer ...

Outspoken, manipulative, independent thinking and oftentimes controversial, Artie Shaw (1910-2004) was one of the most popular stars of the Swing Era, who famously broke the color barrier by hiring ...

Artie Shaw was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 23, 1904. At 15, he left home and began to tour as a jazz musician, and he became both famous and notorious in his long life. He changed his ...

Artie Shaw, a brilliant jazz clarinetist, was one of the most enigmatic, daring and adventurous bandleaders of the swing-era. An intellectual, he hated public life and the music industry. Over the ...