Arthur Freed
Highest Rated: 100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Lowest Rated: 14% Any Number Can Play (1949)
Birthday: Sep 9, 1894
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | String Theory | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
| 82% | 81% | Angel Heart | Original Music | $14.4M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Light in the Piazza | Producer | - | 1962 |
| 83% | 76% | Bells Are Ringing | Producer | - | 1960 |
| 88% | 74% | Gigi | Producer | - | 1958 |
| 100% | 68% | Silk Stockings | Producer | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Invitation to the Dance | Producer | - | 1956 |
| 89% | 74% | It's Always Fair Weather | Producer | - | 1955 |
| 57% | 49% | Kismet | Producer | - | 1955 |
| 86% | 71% | Brigadoon | Producer | - | 1954 |
| 100% | 82% | The Band Wagon | Producer | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | The Belle of New York | Producer | - | 1952 |
| 100% | 95% | Singin' in the Rain | Producer | $23.9K | 1952 |
| 83% | 71% | Show Boat | Producer | - | 1951 |
| 95% | 79% | An American in Paris | Producer | - | 1951 |
| 92% | 69% | Royal Wedding | Producer | - | 1951 |
| 100% | 67% | Annie Get Your Gun | Producer | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Pagan Love Song | Producer | - | 1950 |
| 71% | 48% | Crisis | Producer | - | 1950 |
| 14% | 57% | Any Number Can Play | Producer | - | 1949 |
| 55% | 70% | The Barkleys of Broadway | Producer | - | 1949 |
| 93% | 83% | On the Town | Producer | - | 1949 |
| 95% | 70% | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Producer | - | 1949 |
| 20% | 61% | Words and Music | Producer | - | 1948 |
| 78% | 75% | The Pirate | Producer | - | 1948 |
| 91% | 86% | Easter Parade | Producer | - | 1948 |
| 71% | 43% | Summer Holiday | Producer | - | 1948 |
| 100% | 78% | Good News | Producer | - | 1947 |
| 67% | 59% | Ziegfeld Follies | Producer | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 49% | Till the Clouds Roll By | Producer | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 82% | The Harvey Girls | Producer | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 83% | The Clock | Producer | - | 1945 |
| 80% | 46% | Yolanda and the Thief |
Producer, Original Songs |
- | 1945 |
| 100% | 87% | Meet Me in St. Louis | Producer | - | 1944 |
| 100% | 74% | Girl Crazy | Producer | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Best Foot Forward | Producer | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Du Barry Was a Lady | Producer | - | 1943 |
| 81% | 80% | Cabin in the Sky | Producer | - | 1943 |
| 100% | 83% | For Me and My Gal | Producer | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Lady Be Good | Producer | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Babes on Broadway | Producer | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Little Nellie Kelly | Producer | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Strike Up the Band |
Producer, Original Music |
- | 1940 |
| 90% | 70% | Babes in Arms | Producer | - | 1939 |