In 1951, MGM released the musical An American in Paris, featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.

In December 1951 he signed a contract with MGM which sent him to Europe for nineteen months so that Kelly could use MGM funds frozen in Europe to make three pictures while personally benefiting from tax exemptions.

Those " different types " of films he had made-The Great Sinner ( 1949 ) for MGM, Time Out of Mind ( 1947 ) for Universal ( which Siodmak also produced ), The Whistle at Eaton Falls ( 1951 ) for Columbia Pictures-all proved ill suited to his noir sensibilities ( although The Crimson Pirate, despite the difficult production, was a surprising and pleasant departure ).

Keel had risen to fame in MGM film musicals, starring in Annie Get Your Gun, the 1951 Show Boat, and Kiss Me Kate, among others.

Between 1951 and 1956 he made 11 films, two of which were MGM productions and the rest were low-budget British or independent productions.

MGM released a similar film in 1951, Go For Broke, also starring Van Johnson and directed by Pirosh.

His career at MGM resulted in plum film roles in Show Boat ( 1951 ), Kiss Me Kate ( 1953 ), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ( 1954 ), and Kismet ( 1955 ).

Starred in many films including the 1951 MGM hit Show Boat.

Of the hundreds of films UA distributed over eighty years, those it still owns outright are most of its own productions from 1951 forward, plus a few pre-1951 films such as 1933's Hallelujah, I'm a Bum and Howard Hawks ' Red River ( 1948 ) with parent company MGM handling distribution.

Skelton did not receive the desired television clause and was not able to begin working in the medium until his MGM contract completed in 1951.

He was given supporting roles in MGM films over the next few years, including On an Island with You ( 1948 ), Easter Parade ( 1948 ), Little Women ( 1949 ) and Royal Wedding ( 1951 ).

Pal then appeared with the stage name " Lassie " in six other MGM feature films through 1951.

The first canine actor to play Lassie was Pal, who appeared in seven MGM films between 1943 and 1951, and the two pilots filmed for the 1954 television series before he was retired.

* George Shearing Quintet ( recorded December 18, 1951, released by MGM Records as catalog number 30627, with the flip side " Ghost of a Chance ")

Pal then appeared with the stage name " Lassie " in six other MGM feature films through 1951.

He also can be seen in a few MGM movies ( in Technicolor ), including Mr. Imperium with Lana Turner and Strictly Dishonorable, both released in 1951.

Other popular scores that he composed for MGM pictures include Quo Vadis ( 1951 ), Ivanhoe ( 1952 ), Ben-Hur, King of Kings and The V. I. P. s.

* 1951: Touch of Genius — MGM

Avery took a year-long break from MGM from 1950 to 1951, during which time Dick Lundy took over his unit to do one Droopy cartoon, Caballero Droopy, and several Barney Bear cartoons.

Avery returned in late 1951 and continued with Droopy and his one-shots until the Avery unit was dissolved by MGM in 1953.

The Light Touch ( MGM, 1951 )

And he was heard singing Ol ' Man River in three different record albums of the show – the 1951 motion picture soundtrack album on MGM Records, a 1962 studio album featuring Barbara Cook and John Raitt on Columbia Masterworks, and the RCA Victor album made from the Lincoln Center production.

Selena Royle, MGM stock player, had a durable film career starting 1941 until 1951 when she was branded a Communist sympathizer.

* 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Wax ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1951 – Ann Biderman, American scriptwriter and producer

* 1951 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ( Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion )

In 1952, Lancaster co-produced with producer Harold Hecht ( who had previously produced three Lancaster films under his own production company Norma Productions ; Kiss the Blood Off My Hands ( 1948 ), The Flame and the Arrow ( 1950 ), and Ten Tall Men ( 1951 )).

1951 ), film director, writer, producer ; actor

* 1951 – Mark Heard, American record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter ( d. 1992 )

* 1887 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer ( d. 1951 )

Serving as producer, writer, director, and top-billed performer, Hugo Haas made several such films, including Pickup ( 1951 ) and The Other Woman ( 1954 ).

* 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer

* 1951 – Brian Grazer, American film producer, founded Imagine Entertainment

* 1951 – Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

* 1951 – Chris Frantz, American musician and producer ( Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club )

* 1951 – Bernie Marsden, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ( Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord, and The Snakes )

* 1881 – Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer ( d. 1951 )

* 1951 – John Falsey, American television writer and producer

* 1987 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer ( Weather Report and Trio of Doom ) ( b. 1951 )

* 1951 – John Lloyd English author, scriptwriter and producer

* 1951 – David Starobin, American guitarist, producer, and director

* 1951 – Mammootty, Indian actor, producer, and lawyer

* 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer

* 1951 – Patti McGuire, American model and producer

* 1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

* November 24 – Al Christie, Canadian-born director and producer ( d. 1951 )

** J. Homer Tutt, American vaudeville producer and performer ( d. 1951 )

* Martin Brest ( born 1951 ), American filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor