The Best Things in Life Are Free

John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!

104 mins
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.

Gordon MacRae

B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva

Dan Dailey

Ray Henderson

Sheree North

Kitty Kane

Tommy Noonan

Carl Frisbee

Murvyn Vye

Manny Costain

Phyllis Avery

Maggie Henderson

Larry Keating

Winfield Sheehan

Norman Brooks

Al Jolson

Jacques d'Amboise

Specialty Dancer

Roxanne Arlen

Perky Nichols

Byron Palmer

Hollywood Star

Linda Brace

Jeannie Henderson

Patty Lou Hudson

Susie Henderson

Julie Van Zandt

Patricia Van Seckland

Phoebe Ephron

Screenplay

William Bowers

Screenplay

David Silver

Assistant Director

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Maurice Ransford

Art Direction

Paul S. Fox

Set Decoration

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Charles LeMaire

Costume Design

Henry Ephron

Producer

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

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