Birthday: September 09, 1894
American filmmaker Arthur Freed began his lifelong love affair with popular music while working as a song plugger and vaudeville performer. His first big hit as a songwriter was the plaintive ballad "I Cried For You." After playing the nightclub circuit, Freed was hired by MGM in 1928 to write songs for the studio's new musical department. Usually teamed with Nacio Herb Brown, Freed ...more- 1958
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Picture
- Gigi
- win
- 1951
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Picture
- An American in Paris
- win
- 1940
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- Strike up the Band
- nom
- 1987
- Angel Heart
- Featured Music
- 1971
- Drive, He Said
- Featured Music
- 1967
- Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding
- Featured Music
- 1962
- Light in the Piazza
- Producer
- 1960
- The Subterraneans
- Producer












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