Meet Me in St. Louis
1945
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American lyricist and Hollywood film producerArthur 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 · Freed’s integrated musicals include four bona fide classics of the genre: On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), and The Band Wagon (1953). Perhaps Freed’s greatest skill was his keen awareness of talent.
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Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM: Directed by David M. Thompson. With Cyd Charisse, Arthur Freed, Hugh Fordin, Stanley Donen. Documentary chronicling Arthur Freed and his unit's contribution to some of Hollywood's most memorable musicals.
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- Music, Musical
- David M. Thompson
- 1996-12-02
Jun 29, 2003 · 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...
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His films twice won the Academy Award for Best Picture: 'An American in Paris' in 1951 and 'Gigi' in 1958. He was responsible for many other Hollywood musical classics including 'Babes in Arms' in 1939, 'Meet Me in St. Louis' in 1944, ' Easter Parade' in 1948, 'Annie Get Your Gun' in 1950 and 'Show Boat' in 1951.
Throughout the 1940s, songwriter Arthur Freed headed MGM's main musical production unit. There were other fine musical producers at that studio (including Joe Pasternak ), but Freed's team set the industry standard. After proving himself as associate producer of The Wizard of Oz (1939), Freed supervised forty musicals over the next twenty years.
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.
