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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!"
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Audience
Score
50
Starring
Gordon MacRae
Dan Dailey
Ernest Borgnine
Director
Michael Curtiz
NR
1 hr 44 min
Sep 28th, 1956
Music
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Plot
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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Theatrical Release:
September 28th, 1956
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
biography
musical
Cast & Crew
G
Gordon MacRae
as B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva
D
Dan Dailey
as Ray Henderson
E
Ernest Borgnine
as Lew Brown
S
Sheree North
as Kitty Kane
T
Tommy Noonan
as Carl Frisbee
M
Murvyn Vye
as Manny Costain
M
Michael Curtiz
Director
W
William Bowers
Screenplay
P
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
J
John O'Hara
Story
H
Henry Ephron
Producer
L
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
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