Roger Edens

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Roger Edens was an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his influential work on classic MGM musicals in Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arranger
composer
film producer
human
activeInPeriod Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
familyName Edens
fieldOfWork film music
musical theatre
genre film musical
popular music
givenName Roger
industry film industry
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Roger Edens self-link
notableAward Academy Award for Best Original Song
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song (shared, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe")

Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (shared, "Annie Get Your Gun")

Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (shared, "Easter Parade")

Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (shared, "Gigi")

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award (shared, for television musical specials)
notableRole key creative figure in MGM Freed Unit
musical associate for producer Arthur Freed
vocal arranger and coach for Judy Garland
notableWork A Star Is Born (1954 film)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
surface form: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood

Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film)
surface form: Annie Get Your Gun

Babes in Arms
surface form: Babes in Arms (1939 film)

Babes on Broadway
Born to Dance
Brigadoon
surface form: Brigadoon (1954 film)

Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Rhythm
Deep in My Heart (1954 film)
Easter Parade
For Me and My Gal
Fred Astaire MGM musicals (as musical associate)
Funny Face
Gene Kelly MGM musicals (as musical associate)
Gigi
Girl Crazy (1943 film)
Give a Girl a Break
Holiday in Mexico
In the Good Old Summertime
Judy Garland MGM musicals (as vocal arranger and coach)
Judy at Carnegie Hall (as musical consultant/arranger)
Jupiter's Darling
Lady, Be Good
surface form: Lady Be Good (1941 film)

Les Girls
Lili
surface form: Lili (1953 film)

Lovely to Look At
Luxury Liner
MGM Freed Unit
surface form: MGM Freed Unit musicals

Meet Me in St. Louis
Nancy Goes to Rio
On the Town
Presenting Lily Mars
Rosalie (1937 film)
Royal Wedding
Silk Stockings
surface form: Silk Stockings (1957 film)

Singin' in the Rain
Small Town Girl (1953 film)
Strike Up the Band (1940 film)
Strike Up the Band (1940 film)
surface form: Strike Up the Band (stage arrangements for film)

Summer Stock
Texas Carnival
The Band Wagon
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Belle of New York
The Harvey Girls
The Pirate (1948 film)
The Toast of New Orleans
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (as music associate)
The Wizard of Oz
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (uncredited musical contributions)

Thousands Cheer
Three Little Words
surface form: Three Little Words (1950 film)

Till the Clouds Roll By
Two Weeks with Love
Words and Music (1948 film)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945 film)
occupation arranger
composer
film producer
songwriter
sexOrGender male
workLocation Hollywood
Los Angeles

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Strike Up the Band musicBy Roger Edens
Babes in Arms musicBy Roger Edens
Babes on Broadway musicBy Roger Edens
For Me and My Gal musicBy Roger Edens
Funny Face producer Roger Edens
Mary Holden musicByInWork Roger Edens
Roger Edens name Roger Edens self-link
MGM Freed Unit employed Roger Edens
Leonard Gershe partner Roger Edens