The Best Things in Life Are Free

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Released Sep 28, 1956

1h 44m

Musical

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Dramatizes the lives of 1920s Tin Pan Alley songwriters B.G. De Sylva (Gordon MacRae), Ray Henderson (Dan Dailey) and Lew Brown (Ernest Borgnine).

Clyde Gilmour

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Packed with good old tunes but oddly lacking in real show-business nostalgia or "period" atmosphere, this is a musical biography of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson.

Oct 23, 2019

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Michael Curtiz

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Gordon MacRae

B.G. "Buddy" De Sylva

Dan Dailey

Ray Henderson

Ernest Borgnine

Lew Brown

Sheree North

Kitty Kane

Tommy Noonan

Carl Frisbee

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Dramatizes the lives of 1920s Tin Pan Alley songwriters B.G. De Sylva (Gordon MacRae), Ray Henderson (Dan Dailey) and Lew Brown (Ernest Borgnine).

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Henry Ephron
Screenwriter: William Bowers, Phoebe Ephron
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 28, 1956, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 11, 2012
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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