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The Best Things in Life Are Free is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine as the real-life songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and Sheree North as Kitty Kane, a singer (possibly based on Helen Kane ).
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The Best Things in Life Are Free: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North. Ray joins Buddy and Lew to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team.
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- Biography, Musical
- Michael Curtiz
- 1956-09-28
Brief Synopsis. Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.
- Michael Curtiz, David Silver
- Gordon Macrae
Dramatizes the lives of 1920s Tin Pan Alley songwriters B.G. De Sylva (Gordon MacRae), Ray Henderson (Dan Dailey) and Lew Brown (Ernest Borgnine).
- Musical
- Gordon Macrae
- Michael Curtiz
Overview. Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things. Michael Curtiz. Director. William Bowers. Screenplay. Phoebe Ephron. Screenplay.
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a duet between American singers Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson, recorded for the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced soundtrack to the 1992 American film Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans.