The Best Things in Life Are Free

1h 44m
Music
5

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

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

Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
William Bowers
Screenplay
John O'Hara
Story
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
David Silver
Assistant Director
Henry Ephron
Producer
Charles LeMaire
Costume Design
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
John DeCuir
Art Direction

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