The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
1h 44m
Running Time
September 28, 1956Release Date
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
1h 44m
Running Time
September 28, 1956Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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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Cast & Crew.
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
Norman Brooks
Al Jolson
Jacques d'Amboise
Specialty Dancer
Roxanne Arlen
Perky Nichols
Byron Palmer
Hollywood Star
Linda Brace
Jeannie Henderson
Patty Lou Hudson
Susie Henderson
Julie Van Zandt
Patricia Van Seckland
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 28, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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biography
Wiki.
The Best Things in Life Are Free is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine as the real-life songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and Sheree North as Kitty Kane, a singer (possibly based on Helen Kane).
In 1957, the year after the film was released, it received an Oscar nomination for Lionel Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
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