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Aug 9, 2012 · 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 ...
Feb 14, 2014 · Obviously, Freed did not believe in preliminaries. With his face gaped in a smile, he stood up abruptly and executed a bizarre flourish of clothing. Having thought of him as a producer rather than ...
Nov 15, 2017 · Associate producer Arthur Freed stepped in, telling studio head Louis B. Mayer, “The song stays—or I go,” to which Mayer replied: “Let the boys have the damn song. Put it back in the picture. It can’t hurt.” More than 75 years later, the film and the song by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg are cultural touchstones.
Biography. 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 Garland, and produced classic films ...
Legendary producer and lyricist, Arthur Freed, had two hugely successful Hollywood careers. With his songwriting partner, Nacio Herb Brown, Freed composed some of the most enduring songs in cinema history, including ‘The Broadway Melody’, ‘Singin’ In The Rain’, ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’, ‘Good Morning’, and ‘Pagan Love Song’, among many others.
Jul 16, 2000 · Arthur Freed, as early as high school, knew he wanted to be a music composer. In the few years leading up to 1920, he worked as a piano demonstrator in Chicago. While there, he was approached by ...
Feb 4, 2016 · Bob Hope presents an Honorary Award to Arthur Freed for distinguished service to the Academy and the production of six top-rated Awards telecasts, at the 40t...
