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!"

The Best Things in Life Are Free

5.9 | 1h44m | NR | en | Music

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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5.9 | 1h44m | NR | en | Music

Synopsis

Cast

Gordon MacRae ,Dan Dailey ,Ernest Borgnine

Director

Lyle R. Wheeler

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20th Century Fox ,

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Cast

Gordon MacRae

as B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva

[1981] The Pilot [1956] The Best Things in Life Are Free [1956] Carousel [1955] Oklahoma! [1953] By the Light of the Silvery Moon [1953] Three Sailors and a Girl [1953] The Desert Song [1952] About Face [1951] On Moonlight Bay

Dan Dailey

as Ray Henderson

[1975] The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return [1973] Faraday and Company [1963] Marilyn [1962] Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man [1960] Pepe [1957] The Wings of Eagles [1956] Meet Me in Las Vegas [1956] The Best Things in Life Are Free [1955] It's Always Fair Weather

Ernest Borgnine

as Lew Brown

[2018] Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance [2015] Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words [2012] The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez [2011] National Lampoon's Snatched [2011] The Lion of Judah [2010] RED [2010] The Genesis Code [2010] Another Harvest Moon [2009] The Wishing Well