The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!

  • Genre: Music
  • Release Date: 1956-09-28
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Michael Curtiz
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Summary

Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.

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  • Gordon MacRae

    as B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva
  • Dan Dailey

    as Ray Henderson
  • Ernest Borgnine

    as Lew Brown
  • Sheree North

    as Kitty Kane
  • Tommy Noonan

    as Carl Frisbee
  • Murvyn Vye

    as Manny Costain
  • Phyllis Avery

    as Maggie Henderson
  • Larry Keating

    as Winfield Sheehan
  • Tony Galento

    as Fingers
  • Norman Brooks

    as Al Jolson
  • Jacques d'Amboise

    as Specialty Dancer
  • Roxanne Arlen

    as Perky Nichols
  • Byron Palmer

    as Hollywood Star
  • Linda Brace

    as Jeannie Henderson
  • Patty Lou Hudson

    as Susie Henderson
  • Julie Van Zandt

    as Patricia Van Seckland
Directing Michael Curtiz Director
Writing Phoebe Ephron Screenplay
Writing William Bowers Screenplay
Writing John O'Hara Story
Directing David Silver Assistant Director
Sound Leigh Harline Original Music Composer
Camera Leon Shamroy Director of Photography
Art Maurice Ransford Art Direction
Art Paul S. Fox Set Decoration
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Costume Design
Production Henry Ephron Producer
Editing Dorothy Spencer Editor
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration

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