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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...
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    Singin' in the Rain (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    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,...
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  • Look up freed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Freed may refer to: Alan Freed (1921–1965), American radio personality Arthur Freed (1894–1973), American...
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    Pictures before returning to Broadway. In 1940, Minnelli was hired by Arthur Freed to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he directed sequences in Babes...
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  • 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 by...
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  • Hammerstein 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 the...
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    Gigi (1958 film) (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical and the final great achievement of the Freed Unit, headed by producer Arthur Freed. The film is set in the year 1900, during the Belle Époque...
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  • published 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 Hollywood...
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    nightclub 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"...
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    Stan Laurel (/ˈlɒrəl/ LORR-əl; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, director and writer who was...
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    An American in Paris (film) (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    choreographed by Gene Kelly and set to Gershwin's music. MGM executive Arthur Freed bought the Gershwin musical catalog from George's brother Ira in the...
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  • "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) "Should...
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    Ralph Freed (1 May 1907, Vancouver - February 13, 1973) was a Canadian born American lyricist and television producer. Born May 1, 1907 to Max Freed and...
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    Meet Me in St. Louis (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    by 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 blue...
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  • and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Gregory Peck Alfred Hitchcock Arthur Freed was presented for distinguished service to the Academy and the production...
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    (née Fetzer, Fetzko, or Fetsko; Slovak: Terézia Fecková; 1894–1982) and Arthur Sigmund Newman Sr. (1893–1950), who ran a sporting goods store. His father...
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    Singin' in the Rain (song) (category Songs with lyrics by Arthur Freed)
    "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...
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    Goulding 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"...
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  • Make 'Em Laugh (category Songs with lyrics by Arthur Freed)
    Cosmo 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 musical...
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  • 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 same...
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    Sidney Arthur Lumet (/luːˈmɛt/ loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving...
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    The Band Wagon (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    ISBN 978-0826-42977-3. Fordin, Hugh (1996). M-G-M's Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-3068-0730-5. Stevenson, Diane...
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  • Lyrics Arthur Freed Played on piano and sung by Charles Kaley and Benny Rubin "Only Love Is Real" (1930) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics Arthur Freed Played...
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    The Pirate (1948 film) (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    suggested to MGM's preeminent musical producer Arthur Freed that The Pirate would make an effective musical. Freed presented the idea to Judy Garland, his top...
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  • Royal Wedding (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    previous film, Summer Stock. Instead of listening to Walters' objection, Arthur Freed brought in Donen as director; Garland, who during rehearsal worked only...
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  • Good Morning (1939 song) (category Songs with lyrics by Arthur Freed)
    "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 by...
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    Kelly 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 the...
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  • Anthony Franciosa and Joanne Woodward (Presenters: Best Sound Recording) Arthur Freed (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Stanley Kramer) Greer...
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    Annie Get Your Gun (film) (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    filming 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 Annie...
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  • Brigadoon (film) (category Films produced by Arthur Freed)
    Schary's thriftiness) forced them to change course. Kelly and producer Arthur Freed traveled to Scotland to confirm for themselves if the weather was too...
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