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      The Best of Everything

      Released Oct 9, 1959 2 hr. 1 min. Drama List
      57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 59% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Three ambitious working girls of 1950s Manhattan share their secretarial work and later a home together: Gregg (Suzy Parker) is an aspiring actress whose director is using her; April (Diane Baker) is left pregnant and alone; and Caroline (Hope Lange) finds solace in the arms of an editor (Stephen Boyd). Together the three contend with romantic disappointments, office politics and the threat that their dreams for a fulfilling career will be cut short by marriage, children and inertia. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 07 Buy Now

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      Steve D Not a lot here but it works thanks to the cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Matthew R Iconic campy goodness. The predecessor to Valley of the Dolls. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review matthew r My favorite trash movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It is reflective of thetime period in which it was made. eg Changing attitudes about woman's role, working woman, extramarital sex, divorce, ambition and should be viewed as such. Great cast. Great nostalgic guilty pleasure. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review ashley h The Best of Everything is an excellent film. It is about the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups. Joan Crawford and Hope Lange give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. Jean Negulesco did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and romance. The Best of Everything is a must see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Three secretaries in NYC in the 60s. Two have happy endings. With Joan Crawford. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm ...a frustrating time capsule. Rated: 2/4 May 21, 2022 Full Review Phil Gordon California Eagle The picture is done in color by DeLuxe and features some fantastically chic attire worn beautifully by the many members of the cast. Jun 18, 2020 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing The Best of Everything earned Oscar nominations for Best Original Song (the title tune, warbled by Johnny Mathis) and Best Color Costume Design, though the real achievement is the splendiferous Cinemascope lensing by William C. Mellor. Rated: 3/4 Jul 22, 2015 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Classic Fox '50s soaper ... campy and fun. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Based on Rona Jaffe's trashy best-seller, this glossy Fox melodrama has an all-star cast, with Crawford as castrating boss and four appealing actresses: Hope Lange, Suzy parker, Diane Baker, and Martha Hyer. Rated: B- Jan 4, 2006 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Rated: 2/5 Mar 18, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Three ambitious working girls of 1950s Manhattan share their secretarial work and later a home together: Gregg (Suzy Parker) is an aspiring actress whose director is using her; April (Diane Baker) is left pregnant and alone; and Caroline (Hope Lange) finds solace in the arms of an editor (Stephen Boyd). Together the three contend with romantic disappointments, office politics and the threat that their dreams for a fulfilling career will be cut short by marriage, children and inertia.
      Director
      Jean Negulesco
      Screenwriter
      Mann Rubin, Edith R. Sommer
      Distributor
      20th Century Fox
      Production Co
      Twentieth Century Fox
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 9, 1959, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 6, 2014
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