
Movie
The Best Things in Life Are Free
John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!
19561h 44m5.7out of 103 votes
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.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
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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
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