The Best Things in Life Are Free

Sep 28, 1956

1h 44m

★ 5.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva

Gordon MacRae

Ray Henderson

Dan Dailey

Lew Brown

Ernest Borgnine

Kitty Kane

Sheree North

Carl Frisbee

Tommy Noonan

Manny Costain

Murvyn Vye

Maggie Henderson

Phyllis Avery

Winfield Sheehan

Larry Keating

Fingers

Tony Galento

Al Jolson

Norman Brooks

Specialty Dancer

Jacques d'Amboise

Perky Nichols

Roxanne Arlen

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