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Basic facts

Original title The Best Things in Life Are Free
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1956-11-19

Cast

Gordon MacRae
Buddy "B.G." DeSylva

Dan Dailey
Ray Henderson

Ernest Borgnine
Lew Brown

Sheree North
Kitty Kane

Tommy Noonan
Carl Frisbee

Murvyn Vye
Manny Costain

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Story
Special Photographic Effects
Vocal Arrangement
Conductor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist

Cast

Gordon MacRae Buddy "B.G." DeSylva
Dan Dailey Ray Henderson
Ernest Borgnine Lew Brown
Sheree North Kitty Kane
Tommy Noonan Carl Frisbee
Murvyn Vye Manny Costain
Phyllis Avery Maggie Henderson
Larry Keating Winfield Sheehan
Tony Galento Fingers
Norman Brooks Al Jolson
Jacques d'Amboise specialdansare
Roxanne Arlen Perky Nichols
Byron Palmer Hollywoodstjärna
Linda Brace Jeannie Henderson
Patty Lou Hudson Susie Henderson
Julie Van Zandt Miss Patricia Van Seckland
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Larry Kerr Brewer
Charles Victor Andrews
Eugene Borden Louis
Harold Miller Percy, reporter
Emily Belser fotograf
Paul Glass pianist
Bill Foster filmkoreograf
Sam Schwartz spritlangare
Bob Hopkins Broadwayperson
Peter Mamakos hantlangare
Ric Roman hantlangare
Ward Wood hantlangare
Marjorie May stumfilmsvamp
Lois Barnes Clara Bow-typ
Denise De Lacey stumfilmsingeny
Jack Boyle koreograf
Joseph Forte man i teaterfoajén
Peter Leeds Genius
Claire Kelly balettflicka
Barrie Chase balettflicka
Adelle August balettflicka
Sally Todd balettflicka
Barbara Wilson balettflicka
Marcoreta Hellman påkläderska
Cecil Weston påkläderska
Barbara Darrow Brenda
Billy Wayne scenarbetare
Mary Thomas flicka på partyt
Patricia McMahon flicka på partyt
Juanita Close telefonist
Clancy Cooper spritlangare
Dean Marlo tidningspojke
Paul Grant vaktmästare
Harvey Daniels vaktmästare
Ann B. Davis Hattie
Betsy Jones-Moreland sekreterare
Norma Yost Theresa
James Gonzales filmregissör
Richard Collier pantlånare
Mary Rodman kvinna med djup urringning
Suzanne Dalbert värdinna
Gordon Richards butler
Lisa Davis halt flicka på partyt
Steffi Sidney maratondansare
Rachel Stephens societetsjournalist
Marion Ross Nita Naldi-typ
Yvonne White en kvinna
Natalie Masters en kvinna

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 1956-09-26 (LP7348)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1956

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 89120
Date 1956-11-15
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2865 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2865 meter
Length in minutes 105 min
Reels 12 reels


Production location

1956-04 1956-06

Release dates

First showing 1956-09-28 New York City, New York USA 105 min
Release in Sweden 1956-11-19 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 105 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Lucky Day
Composer Ray Henderson (1926)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1926)
Lew Brown (1926)
Sung by Dan Dailey


Original title If I Had a Talking Picture of You
Composer Ray Henderson (1929)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1929)
Lew Brown (1929)
Sung by Byron Palmer


Original title Here Am I - Broken Hearted
Composer Ray Henderson (1927)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1927)
Lew Brown (1927)
Sung by Dan Dailey
Ernest Borgnine


Original title Button Up Your Overcoat
Composer Ray Henderson (1928)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1928)
Lew Brown (1928)
Sung by Dan Dailey
Gordon MacRae


Original title Good News
Composer Ray Henderson (1927)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1927)
Lew Brown (1927)
Sung by Gordon MacRae
Ernest Borgnine
Dan Dailey


Original title You're the Cream in My Coffee
Composer Ray Henderson (1928)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1928)
Lew Brown (1928)
Sung by Dan Dailey


Original title The Best Things in Life Are Free
Composer Ray Henderson (1927)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1927)
Lew Brown (1927)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)
Dan Dailey
Ernest Borgnine
Gordon MacRae


Original title Lucky in Love
Composer Ray Henderson (1927)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1927)
Lew Brown (1927)
Sung by Gordon MacRae
Dan Dailey
Ernest Borgnine


Original title Black Bottom
Composer Ray Henderson (1926)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1926)
Lew Brown (1926)
Sung by Gordon MacRae
Dancer Sheree North
Jacques d'Amboise


Original title The Birth of the Blues
Composer Ray Henderson (1926)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1926)
Lew Brown (1926)
Performed by Sheree North
Jacques d'Amboise


Original title Sonny Boy
Composer Ray Henderson (1928)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1928)
Lew Brown (1928)
Al Jolson (1928)
Sung by Norman Brooks


Original title Follow Thru
Composer Ray Henderson (1929)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1929)
Lew Brown (1929)


Original title One More Time
Composer Ray Henderson (1931)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1931)
Lew Brown (1931)


Original title Thank Your Father
Composer Ray Henderson (1930)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1930)
Lew Brown (1930)


Original title Is This the Missus
Composer Ray Henderson (1931)
Lyrics Lew Brown (1931)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Original title Together
Composer Ray Henderson (1928)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1928)
Lew Brown (1928)


Original title It All Depends on You
Composer Ray Henderson (1926)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1926)
Lew Brown (1926)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)
Gordon MacRae


Original title You Try Somebody Else and I'll Try Somebody Else
Composer Ray Henderson (1931)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1931)
Lew Brown (1931)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Original title Without Love
Composer Ray Henderson (1930)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1930)
Lew Brown (1930)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Original title Just a Memory
Composer Ray Henderson (1927)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1927)
Lew Brown (1927)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Original title Don't Hold Everything
Composer Ray Henderson (1928)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1928)
Lew Brown (1928)
Sung by Dan Dailey
Gordon MacRae
Ernest Borgnine


Original title Red Hot Chicago
Composer Ray Henderson (1930)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1930)
Lew Brown (1930)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Original title Sunny Side Up
Composer Ray Henderson (1929)
Lyrics B.G. DeSylva (1929)
Lew Brown (1929)
Sung by Eileen Wilson (dubbar Sheree North)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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