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The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
“John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!”
Music · 1h 44m
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.
Cast
Gordon MacRae
B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva
Dan Dailey
Ray Henderson
Ernest Borgnine
Lew Brown
Sheree North
Kitty Kane
Tommy Noonan
Carl Frisbee
Murvyn Vye
Manny Costain
Phyllis Avery
Maggie Henderson
Larry Keating
Winfield Sheehan
Tony Galento
Fingers
N
Norman Brooks
Al Jolson
Jacques d'Amboise
Specialty Dancer
Roxanne Arlen
Perky Nichols
Crew
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenplay
- William Bowers, Phoebe Ephron
- Director of Photography
- Leon Shamroy
- Original Music Composer
- Leigh Harline
- Editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- Producer
- Henry Ephron
Details
- Release date
- 1956-09-28
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox