Arthur Freed

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film producer film studio executive human lyricist songwriter

Arthur Freed was an influential American film producer and lyricist best known for shaping the golden age of MGM musicals, including classics like "Singin’ in the Rain."

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Surface form	Occurrences
Arthur Freed Unit MGM musicals	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film producer ⓘ film studio executive ⓘ human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork	Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture for An American in Paris Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture for Gigi
birthName	Arthur Grossman ⓘ
burialPlace	Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ Gene Kelly ⓘ Judy Garland ⓘ Nacio Herb Brown ⓘ Vincente Minnelli ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1894-09-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1973-04-12 ⓘ
employer	MGM ⓘ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
era	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood Golden Age of MGM musicals ⓘ
genre	musical film ⓘ
knownFor	MGM Freed Unit ⓘ producing MGM musicals ⓘ
name	Arthur Freed self-link ⓘ
notableWork	An American in Paris ⓘ Easter Parade ⓘ Gigi ⓘ Meet Me in St. Louis ⓘ On the Town ⓘ Singin' in the Rain ⓘ The Harvey Girls ⓘ The Wizard of Oz ⓘ Yolanda and the Thief ⓘ Ziegfeld Follies ⓘ
occupation	film producer ⓘ lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld	head of the Freed Unit at MGM ⓘ
workedAt	MGM Freed Unit ⓘ surface form: Freed Unit at MGM
wroteLyricsFor	Broadway Melody ⓘ Good Morning ⓘ Singin' in the Rain ⓘ surface form: Singin' in the Rain (song) Temptation ⓘ You Were Meant for Me ⓘ

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Nacio Herb Brown → collaboratedWith → Arthur Freed ⓘ

"Make 'Em Laugh" musical number → lyricist → Arthur Freed ⓘ

"Good Morning" musical number → lyricsBy → Arthur Freed ⓘ

subject surface form: Good Morning (musical number)

Singin' in the Rain → lyricsBy → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Strike Up the Band → musicBy → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Arthur Freed → name → Arthur Freed self-link ⓘ

The Barkleys of Broadway → partOf → Arthur Freed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur Freed Unit MGM musicals

Babes in Arms → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Babes on Broadway → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Easter Parade → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

For Me and My Gal → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Girl Crazy (1943 film) → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Meet Me in St. Louis → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Royal Wedding → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Silk Stockings → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Singin' in the Rain → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Strike Up the Band → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

The Band Wagon → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

The Barkleys of Broadway → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

The Belle of New York → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

The Harvey Girls → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

The Wizard of Oz → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ

Yolanda and the Thief → producer → Arthur Freed ⓘ