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Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist and a 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.
Apr 23, 2024 · Arthur Freed (born September 9, 1894, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died April 12, 1973, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an 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.
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Feb 11, 2014 · Twenty-five years ago, that was the question that opened the New York Times news service's ... the producer Arthur Freed unzipped his trousers and exposed himself to her," reports the Times ...
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.
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...
Apr 13, 1973 · 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. He was 78 years...
Jul 16, 2000 · NPR 100 Fact Sheet. Title: Singin' in the Rain. Artist: Words/ music by Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown. Reporter: Tony Sarabia. Length: 10:00. Interviewees: Doris eaton Travis, former Ziegfeld...
