The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Genre
- biographical film, musical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This musical follows a real-life songwriting team in the late 1920s and early 1930s. They write popular tunes and deal with a singer named Kitty Kane.
upbeatnostalgiclivelylightheartedbouncysentimentalenergetic
What happens
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). In 1957, the year after the film was released, it received an Oscar nomination for Lionel Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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