---
title: 'The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-best-things-in-life-are-free-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049002/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

1956 · 104 min · History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Phoebe Ephron](https://cinepixo.com/people/phoebe-ephron), [Frank Tashlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-tashlin), [William Bowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bowers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leigh Harline](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-harline)
- **Producer:** [Henry Ephron](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-ephron)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Murvyn Vye](https://cinepixo.com/people/murvyn-vye)
- [Jacques d'Amboise](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-d-amboise)
- [Eugene Borden](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-borden)
- [Ric Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-roman)
- [Gordon MacRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-macrae)
- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [Peter Mamakos](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mamakos)
- [Tony Galento](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-galento)
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Clancy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-cooper)
- [Ann B. Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-b-davis)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Sheree North](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheree-north)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Marion Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-ross)

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