Arthur Freed


Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist, Hollywood film producer and alleged paedophile. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture twice, in 1951 for An American in Paris and in 1958 for Gigi. Both films were musicals, and both were directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Arthur Freed (1894-1973) Producer, songwriter and author, brother to Ralph Freed, Walter and Ruth Freed. He was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy, and became associated with Gus Edwards musical acts. He performed in vaudeville with Louis Silvers, with whom he wrote revues for New York restaurants. During World War I, he staged military ...

Arthur Freed American film producer who reshaped the visual style and narrative structure of the musical comedy genre. Freed attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, before embarking on his musical career. He played piano for a Chicago music publisher, worked in vaudeville, and

Arthur Freed was a lyricist and film producer who gave his name to the Freed Unit, the spectacular MGM musicals of the 1940's and 1950's. He wrote the lyrics for 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'An American in Paris', and produced many other classics such as 'Babes in Arms', 'Annie Get Your Gun' and 'Show Boat'. He also won an honorary Oscar in 1951.

Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and Hollywood film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture twice, in 1951 for An American in Paris and in 1958 for Gigi. Both films were musicals, and both were directed by Vincente Minnelli. In addition, he produced and was a co-lyricist for the film Singin' in the Rain.

Arthur Freed (born Arthur Grossman, September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist and film producer. He started his career as a song-plugger and pianist. After

The hero of the program, Arthur Freed, was a producer of a type that no longer exists. No movie executive today can tap the wealth of talent that Freed had under contract at MGM, backed up by all ...

A documentary about the legendary producer of Hollywood musicals, featuring interviews with his collaborators and stars. Learn about his life, career, and legacy in this 1996 TV episode.

The musicals produced by Arthur Freed reflect the collaboration of an extraordinary group of gifted individuals, all working under the guiding hand of a man whose instincts and taste set the standard for their achievements, and the films themselves are among the best the genre has to offer. Freed's influence in shaping the style of the ...

HOLLYWOOD, April 12 (AP) —Arthur Freed, the film producer who won Academy Awards for the musicals "An American in Paris" (1951), and "Gigi" (1958), died today of a heart attack.

Popular songwriter--notably in collaboration with Nacio Herb Brown--who joined MGM with the advent of sound and produced virtually every great Hollywood musical of the 1940s and 50s. Freed gathered around him such luminaries as Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Syd Charisse, Fred Astaire and Judy...

Learn how Arthur Freed, associate producer of The Wizard of Oz, fought to keep the iconic song in the film and how it became Judy Garland's signature number. Discover the story behind the song of the century by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, and their musical collaboration.

Arthur Freed was born Arthur Grossman on September 9, 1894 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised in Seattle, Washington and after graduation from high school he worked as a pianist and song plugger for a Chicago music publisher. During that time, he met Minnie Marx, the mother of the Marx Brothers, which led to his joining up with them ...

Arthur Freed was a distinguished film producer and lyricist who helped MGM studios dominate the movie industry. He wrote songs for classics like Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris, and The Wizard of Oz.

Arthur Freed was a film producer, songwriter, and lyricist who worked with MGM and created the Freed Golden Era of Hollywood musicals. He wrote songs for The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Singin' in the Rain, and other classics. He also produced and directed films such as Meet Me in St. Louis and An American in Paris.

Arthur Freed. Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. Freed began his career in vaudeville, and he appeared with the likes of the Marx Brothers. He soon began to write songs, and was eventually hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The List of Arthur Freed Albums in Order Arthur Freed was an American film producer and songwriter, known for his contributions to the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals. As the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) original musical unit, Freed produced a remarkable array of successful musical films throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In addition to his …

Arthur Freed: The Legendary Singer, Songwriter, and Producer The Life and Times of Arthur Freed Arthur Freed was born on September 9, 1894, in Charleston, South Carolina. He grew up in Chicago and started his musical career as a pianist, playing in theaters and dance halls around the city. He then moved to New York […]

Arthur Freed, head of the musicals unit at MGM, had a back catalogue of songs - not all of them classics - that he'd co-written for various films at the studio between 1929 and 1939, and had ...

An Arthur Freed Production. The idea for the movie came from Arthur Freed, the head of the MGM unit that — beginning in 1939 and for more than two decades — produced a string of legendary ...

MGM Producer Arthur Freed Exposed Himself To Temple When She Was 12. Photo: Bright Eyes / Fox. Shirley Temple achieved international stardom with the release of Bright Eyes in 1934. Between 1935 and 1938, she was the world's top box office star, leaving Clark Gable in second place. By 1940, however, her best films with 20th Century Fox were ...

When her doctor advised her to take a week off of work, MGM studio chief Arthur Freed told her to go to a different doctor. In her 2013 memoir, Reynolds recalled how Freed instructed her to get ...

Shirley Temple recalled that Arthur Freed, a producer at MGM, exposed himself to her when she was 12 years old. Louis B Mayer insisted that his protege Judy Garland sit on his lap - she was one ...

Maxwell is serving her sentence in a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, and did not appear at the hearing herself. She listened into the hearing remotely, Arthur Aidala, another of Maxwell's ...

A South Carolina golf resort is thanking wildlife workers for rescuing its beloved alligator friend, "King Arthur," after a piece of debris was stuck over his head for several days. King Arthur is known by the staff and guests at Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort, so much so that he has been given a regal name.

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Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist, Hollywood film producer and alleged paedophile. He won the Academy Award forpublished in 1933, with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed. The song was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film Going HollywoodPictures before returning to Broadway. In 1940, Minnelli was hired by Arthur Freed to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he directed sequences in BabesSingin' in the Rain was originally conceived by MGM producer Arthur Freed, the head of the "Freed Unit" responsible for turning out MGM's lavish musicals,Look up freed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Freed may refer to: Alan Freed (1921–1965), American radio personality Arthur Freed (1894–1973), American"Good Morning" is a song with music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, originally written for the film Babes in Arms (1939) and performed byby Chorus and Judy Garland. "You and I," Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, sung by Freed, the film's producer, and Denny Markas (the young woman in blueHammerstein II – 6 Ira Gershwin – 4 Irving Berlin – 3 Stephen Sondheim – 3 Arthur Freed – 3 Fred Ebb – 3 Judy Garland (also listed in first place for "Over thenightclub in New York City and the Club Versailles, where she was spotted by Arthur Freed, a producer at Metro Goldwyn Mayer. She was listed among six "Samba Sirens"Lyrics by Arthur Freed Performed by Harry Stockwell "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" (1935) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung byCosmo Brown. Written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, the song is closely based on Cole Porter's "Be a Clown" from the Freed-produced 1948 MGM musicalMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical and the final great achievement of the Freed Unit, headed by producer Arthur Freed. The film is set during the Belle Époque at the turn4:12 "Coffee Time" (Harry Warren, Arthur Freed) – 2:43 "A Rose and the End" – 3:24 "Should I" (Nacio Herb Brown, Freed) – 2:28 "Look Ma, No Clothes" – 1:32suggested to MGM's preeminent musical producer Arthur Freed that The Pirate would make an effective musical. Freed presented the idea to Judy Garland, his topStan Laurel (/ˈlɒrəl/, LORR-əl; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director whochoreographer, associate producer, actor, and assistant to MGM musicals producer Arthur Freed. He began his career as a dancer and was teamed with Ginger Rogers ina popular American song with music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, published in 1929. It was introduced by Charles King in the 1929 musicalTake an Old-Fashioned Walk" for the scene, but the film's producer, Arthur Freed, persuaded Berlin to change this for a song that would highlight Garland'sSchary's thriftiness), forced them to change course. Kelly and producer Arthur Freed traveled to Scotland to confirm for themselves if the weather was toodirectors at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios under the leadership of Arthur Freed for inclusion in the film version of the George M. Cohan 1922 Broadwaywas made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney. Filmed previously in 1929 and in 1936Kelly where Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed. Donen and Kelly directed the films On the Town (1949), Singin' in theStrike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley andchoreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. MGM executive Arthur Freed bought the Gershwin musical catalog from George's brother Ira in the1945. During the six months that it took to shoot the film, producer Arthur Freed had to find one director after another. Lemuel Ayers, a set designerAmerican musical-comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor and released by Metro-Goldwyn-MayerGoulding, and directed by Harry Beaumont. Original music was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, including the popular hit "You Were Meant for Me"stage musical with story by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Adapted from the 1952 movie of the sameentirety at MGM by choreographer Busby Berkeley. It was produced by the Arthur Freed unit at the studio. Filming of Babes in Arms began on May 12, 1939, soonFogarty (Douglas McPhail), the son of Michael's old friend Timothy Fogarty (Arthur Shields), the conflict in the home intensifies. Jerry is happy for her,Ball Game is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film produced in the Arthur Freed unit of MGM. It stars Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Bettyand indicated with a double dagger (‡). Gregory Peck Alfred Hitchcock Arthur Freed was presented for distinguished service to the Academy and the productionParis. When Worlds Collide for Best Special Effects Rashomon (Japan) Arthur Freed Lucille Ball (Presenter: Short Subject Awards) Charles Brackett (Presenter:"The Moon Is Low" (with Arthur Freed) "A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder" "Our Big Love Scene" "Pagan Love Song" (with Arthur Freed) "Paradise" (1931) "ShouldPalmer was drafted into World War I. The film was a production of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM. In the heyday of vaudeville, on the verge of America's entrancegrowing and featured many of the day's greatest talents, recruited by Freed himself. Freed built a cabinet around himself, and in the early 1940s made Edens1960. MGM purchased film rights in August and assigned it to producer Arthur Freed, while the novel version of the story was published later that year."Singin' in the Rain" is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Doris Eaton Travis introduced the song on Broadway in The Hollywoodprevious film, Summer Stock. Instead of listening to Walters' objection, Arthur Freed brought in Donen as director; Garland, who during rehearsal worked onlyMiller, featuring Jules Munshin and Vera-Ellen. It was a product of the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is notable for its combination of studiofilming of the I Got Rhythm musical number. Six years later, producer Arthur Freed felt Berkeley was the right man to capture the spectacle needed for AnnieHarvey Girls is a 1946 Technicolor American musical film produced by Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same nameHollywood" (Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed) by Bing Crosby at the railroad station "Our Big Love Scene" (Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed) by Bing Crosby "BeautifulAnthony Franciosa and Joanne Woodward (Presenters: Best Sound Recording) Arthur Freed (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Stanley Kramer) GreerLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001, TV Mini-Series) .... Arthur Freed Exit Wounds (2001) .... Rory Don't Say a Word (2001) .... Detective Garciaas "The Four Nightingales". The brothers Julius, Milton (Gummo Marx) and Arthur (originally Adolph, but Harpo Marx from 1911) and another boy singer, LouVictor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams. Producer Arthur Freed wanted to create a film along the lines of the Ziegfeld Follies BroadwaySidney Arthur Lumet (/luːˈmɛt/ loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before transitioningbased upon the Broadway musical of the same name. It was produced by Arthur Freed and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. “Warning! Any resemblance between the(1952), featuring popular songs from the 1920s and '30s and songs by Arthur Freed, with the exception of two numbers ("Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes")

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