The Best Things in Life Are Free

Name: The Best Things in Life Are Free
Genre: Music
Released: 1956
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.667

1956 · 104 min

Music

★ 5.7

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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.

Crew

Director Michael Curtiz
Screenplay William Bowers
Screenplay Phoebe Ephron
Story John O'Hara
Director of Photography Leon Shamroy

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
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Norman Brooks
Al Jolson
Jacques d'Amboise
Specialty Dancer
Roxanne Arlen
Perky Nichols

Crew

Director — Michael Curtiz
Screenplay — William Bowers
Screenplay — Phoebe Ephron
Story — John O'Hara
Director of Photography — Leon Shamroy

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