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The Best Things in Life Are Free

Release Year
1956
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Music
Directed By
Not Available
The Best Things in Life Are Free

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 & Crew

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

Norman Brooks

Al Jolson

Jacques d'Amboise

Specialty Dancer

Roxanne Arlen

Perky Nichols

Crew

William Bowers

Screenplay

Phoebe Ephron

Screenplay

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

Dorothy Spencer

Editor

Charles LeMaire

Costume Design

Henry Ephron

Producer

John O'Hara

Story

David Silver

Assistant Director

Maurice Ransford

Art Direction

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Paul S. Fox

Set Decoration

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