The Best Things in Life Are Free Trailer (1956)

"John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!" 28 September 1956 Music 104 mins

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

Gordon MacRae as B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva

Dan Dailey as Ray Henderson

Ernest Borgnine as Lew Brown

Sheree North as Kitty Kane

Tommy Noonan as Carl Frisbee

Murvyn Vye as Manny Costain

Phyllis Avery as Maggie Henderson

Larry Keating as Winfield Sheehan

Tony Galento as Fingers

Norman Brooks as Al Jolson

Jacques d'Amboise as Specialty Dancer

Roxanne Arlen as Perky Nichols

Byron Palmer as Hollywood Star

Linda Brace as Jeannie Henderson

Patty Lou Hudson as Susie Henderson

Julie Van Zandt as Patricia Van Seckland

Crew

Michael Curtiz Director

Phoebe Ephron Screenplay

William Bowers Screenplay

John O'Hara Story

David Silver Assistant Director

Leigh Harline Original Music Composer

Leon Shamroy Director of Photography

Maurice Ransford Art Direction

Paul S. Fox Set Decoration

Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction

Charles LeMaire Costume Design

Henry Ephron Producer

Dorothy Spencer Editor

Walter M. Scott Set Decoration

John DeCuir Art Direction

International Releases Dates

United States 28 September 1956

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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