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 including the all-black "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), "On The Town" (1949), "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) and "Silk Stockings" (1957).
- Also Credited As:
Arthur Grossman
- Born:
September 9, 1894 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Died:
April 12, 1973.
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Job Titles:
Producer, Lyricist, Associate producer, Singer, Song plugger, Vaudevillian
Family
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Brother: Ralph Freed. born 1907
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Brother: Walter Freed.
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Daughter: Barbara Freed Saltzman.
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Sister: Ruth Freed.
Significant Others
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Wife: Renee Klein.
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Wife: . survived him
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Companion: Lucille Bremer. involved in the early 1940s
Milestones
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1923 Hit song writer I Cried For You
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1929 Film lyricist MGM
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1939 Associate producer The Wizard of Oz
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1963 President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences