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The Best of Everything

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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 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

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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 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 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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