Arthur Freed

Lyricist and film maker Arthur Freed wrote such strike tracks as “Pagan Like Music” and “Singin’ in the torrential rain,” scored the 1929 film Broadway Melody, and produced many successful film musicals like the Wizard of Oz. Although he was created in Charleston, SC, (1894), Freed grew up in Seattle, WA. After he graduated from senior high school, he worked well like a pianist and music plugger to get a Chicago music publisher, where he fulfilled Minnie Marx. This resulted in Freed becoming a member of up with the Marx Brothers and touring the vaudeville circuit. He had written materials for vaudeville and performed with Louis Silvers, with whom he co-wrote NY revue materials. Freed served within the Military during WWI and later on had written for cabaret. He was songwriting and controlling an L.A. theatre when he was registered by MGM like a lyricist. Freed’s best-known tracks include his 1st strike, “When Buddha Smiles” (1921); the follow-up that founded him, 1923’s “I Cried for you personally”; “Pagan Like Music”; “Singin’ in the torrential rain” (1929); “Enticement” (1933); “All I REALLY DO Is Imagine You” (1934); “Broadway Tempo”; and “YOU MIGHT BE My Lucky Celebrity” (1935). Freed started composing for musicals in 1929 and got involved with producing. He created over 45 strike films during his profession, including Babes in Hands, The Wizard of Oz (1939), Young lady Crazy (1943), The Harvey Women (1946), Easter Parade (1948), Annie GET A Weapon, Brigadoon (1954), and Gigi (1958). His last film was 1960’s The Bells Are Buzzing. Arthur Freed’s main collaborator was composer Nacio Natural herb Brown. Freed can be a member from the Songwriters Hall of Popularity.