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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.
1893- 1973 Born/Died. 1972 Inducted. Produced "Wizard of Oz" and dozens of Hollywood musical films. 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.
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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.
Singin' 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, as a vehicle for his catalog of songs written with Nacio Herb Brown for previous MGM musical films of the 1929–39 period.
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 meeting Minnie...
by Joslyn Layne. Lyricist and movie producer Arthur Freed wrote such hit songs as "Pagan Love Song" and "Singin' in the Rain," scored the 1929 film Broadway Melody, and produced many successful movie musicals including The Wizard of Oz. Although he was born in Charleston, SC, (1894), Freed was raised in Seattle, WA.
"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 Hollywood Music Box Revue in 1929. It was then widely popularized by Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 . [1]
