The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956): Cast

John O’Hara delivers a vivid portrait of the Jazz Age, following songwriters Ray Henderson, Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown as they combine talents to form a hit‑making Broadway team in the 1920s. Their partnership quickly yields a string of popular shows that capture the era’s exuberance, but De Sylva’s growing personal ambition soon sours the collaboration, leaving Henderson and Brown feeling increasingly sidelined as friction builds.

• Director Michael Curtiz

• DD Dan Dailey as Ray Henderson
• PA Phyllis Avery as Maggie Henderson
• LB Linda Brace as Jeannie Henderson
• PL Patty Lou Hudson as Susie Henderson

• Casablanca 1943 · Metascore 100
• Mildred Pierce 1945 · Metascore 88
• Captain Blood 1935 · Metascore 89
• Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 · Metascore 89

Also known as

• La felicità non si compra
• Fanfaren der Freude
• O Encanto de Viver