The Best of Everything

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The Best of Everything

Released Oct 9, 1959

2h 1m

Drama

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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.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

...a frustrating time capsule.

Rated: 2/4

May 21, 2022

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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

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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

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Classic Fox '50s soaper ... campy and fun.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 25, 2006

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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

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Frank Swietek

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Rated: 2/5

Mar 18, 2004

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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

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Matthew R

Iconic campy goodness. The predecessor to Valley of the Dolls.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

I'm sure at the time this film was shocking both for the crispness of the NY scenery as well as the frank attitudes about love and romance in the office. That frankness no doubt owes a debt to Preminger's Moon is Blue for cutting through the "Hollywood Code".

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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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
Producer: Jerry Wald
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
Runtime: 2h 1m

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