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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 05/21/2022
2/4
...a frustrating time capsule. Go to Full Review Phil Gordon California Eagle 06/18/2020
The picture is done in color by DeLuxe and features some fantastically chic attire worn beautifully by the many members of the cast. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing 07/22/2015
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 08/25/2006
4/5
Classic Fox '50s soaper ... campy and fun. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/04/2006
B-
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. Go to Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 03/18/2004
2/5
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Laurie S @Thatoldtimefilmgirl Jan 19 The best thing about the Best of Everything is that it presents a time capsule of gender politics and working life in 1959. Even a modern viewer might relate to the harassment, infidelity and lecherous workplace. It is a well performing cast set in beautiful CinemaScope, to die for fashion and the anchoring of the film by Joan Crawford and Brian Aherne. Definitely worth the watch. See more Steve D 01/26/2024 Not a lot here but it works thanks to the cast. See more Matthew R 03/11/2023 Iconic campy goodness. The predecessor to Valley of the Dolls. See more 07/02/2019 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. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 08/02/2017 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. See more 07/21/2017 Three secretaries in NYC in the 60s. Two have happy endings. With Joan Crawford. See more Read all reviews
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Jean Negulesco

Director

Joan Crawford

Amanda Farrow

Louis Jourdan

David Savage

Hope Lange

Caroline Bender

Suzy Parker

Gregg Adams

Stephen Boyd

Mike Rice

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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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