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Release Date:
September 28, 1956
Original Title:
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Genres:
Music
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 104
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.
Art Direction:
Maurice Ransford
Lyle R. Wheeler
Assistant Director:
David Silver
Costume Design:
Charles LeMaire
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director of Photography:
Leon Shamroy
Editor:
Dorothy Spencer
Original Music Composer:
Leigh Harline
Producer:
Henry Ephron
Screenplay:
Phoebe Ephron
William Bowers
Set Decoration:
Paul S. Fox
Walter M. Scott
Story:
John O'Hara
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