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The Best Things in Life Are Free

5.719561h 44mNRMovieMusic

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.

DirectorMichael Curtiz
WritersWilliam Bowers·Phoebe Ephron
ProducerHenry Ephron

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Cast · Directed by Michael Curtiz

GMGordon MacRae
Gordon MacRae
B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva
DDDan Dailey
Dan Dailey
Ray Henderson
EBErnest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Lew Brown
SNSheree North
Sheree North
Kitty Kane
TNTommy Noonan
Tommy Noonan
Carl Frisbee
MVMurvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
Manny Costain
PAPhyllis Avery
Phyllis Avery
Maggie Henderson
LKLarry Keating
Larry Keating
Winfield Sheehan
TGTony Galento
Tony Galento
Fingers
NB
Norman Brooks
Al Jolson
JDJacques d'Amboise
Jacques d'Amboise
Specialty Dancer
RARoxanne Arlen
Roxanne Arlen
Perky Nichols

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The Best Things in Life Are Free hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 16, 1956. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.

Is The Best Things in Life Are Free based on a true story?

Yes — The Best Things in Life Are Free is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).