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style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ephron" title="Henry Ephron">Henry Ephron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_MacRae" title="Gordon MacRae">Gordon MacRae</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dailey" title="Dan Dailey">Dan Dailey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sheree_North" title="Sheree North">Sheree North</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Noonan" title="Tommy Noonan">Tommy Noonan</a><br />Murvyn Vye<br /><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Avery" title="Phyllis Avery">Phyllis Avery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Larry_Keating" title="Larry Keating">Larry Keating</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Galento" title="Tony Galento">Tony Galento</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Norman_Brooks_(singer)" title="Norman Brooks (singer)">Norman Brooks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Shamroy" title="Leon Shamroy">Leon Shamroy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Spencer" title="Dorothy Spencer">Dorothy Spencer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Newman" title="Lionel Newman">Lionel Newman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">20th Century Fox</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 28, 1956<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1956-09-28</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">104 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$1.16 million<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.7 million</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Best Things in Life Are Free</b></i> is a 1956 American <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Curtiz" title="Michael Curtiz">Michael Curtiz</a>. The film stars <a href="/wiki/Gordon_MacRae" title="Gordon MacRae">Gordon MacRae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dailey" title="Dan Dailey">Dan Dailey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a> as the real-life songwriting team of <a href="/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva" title="Buddy DeSylva">Buddy DeSylva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lew_Brown" title="Lew Brown">Lew Brown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Henderson" title="Ray Henderson">Ray Henderson</a> of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and <a href="/wiki/Sheree_North" title="Sheree North">Sheree North</a> as Kitty Kane, a singer (possibly based on <a href="/wiki/Helen_Kane" title="Helen Kane">Helen Kane</a>). </p><p>In 1957, the year after the film was released, it received an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> nomination for Lionel Newman in the category of <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Music, Scoring of a Musical 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.ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-No_plot plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambot-plot" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This <b>article needs a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_plot_summary" title="Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary">plot summary</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" 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Dailey</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ray_Henderson" title="Ray Henderson">Ray Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lew_Brown" title="Lew Brown">Lew Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheree_North" title="Sheree North">Sheree North</a> as Kitty Kane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Noonan" title="Tommy Noonan">Tommy Noonan</a> as Carl Frisbee</li> <li>Murvyn Vye as Manny Costain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Avery" title="Phyllis Avery">Phyllis Avery</a> as Maggie Henderson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Keating" title="Larry Keating">Larry Keating</a> as <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Sheehan" title="Winfield Sheehan">Winfield Sheehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Galento" title="Tony Galento">Tony Galento</a> as Fingers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Brooks_(singer)" title="Norman Brooks (singer)">Norman Brooks</a> as <a href="/wiki/Al_Jolson" title="Al Jolson">Al Jolson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_d%27Amboise_(dancer)" title="Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)">Jacques d'Amboise</a> as Specialty dancer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxanne_Arlen" title="Roxanne Arlen">Roxanne Arlen</a> as Perky Nichols</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Palmer" title="Byron Palmer">Byron Palmer</a> as Hollywood star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Richards_(actor)" title="Gordon Richards (actor)">Gordon Richards</a> as Butler</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Some reviews<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> called it "the biggest new musical this year"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and others "a musical-comedy that could've been produced on a higher budget with bigger and better production numbers".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box-office_performance">Box-office performance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Box-office performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Being a musical, though a modestly produced one, the movie was fairly expensive to produce. The film ended with a budget of $2.86 million and made just over $4 million at the box office, earning $2,250,000 in North American rentals in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Songs">Songs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Lucky Day"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Dan Dailey</dd></dl> <ul><li>"If I Had a Talking Picture of You"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Byron Palmer</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Here Am I, Broken Hearted"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Gordon MacRae</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Button_Up_Your_Overcoat" title="Button Up Your Overcoat">Button up Your Overcoat</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Dan Dailey and Gordon MacRae</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_News_(musical)" title="Good News (musical)">Good News</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Gordon MacRae</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Cream_in_My_Coffee" title="You're the Cream in My Coffee">You're the Cream in My Coffee</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Dan Dailey</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(1927_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Best Things in Life Are Free (1927 song)">The Best Things in Life Are Free</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Sheree North (dubbed by Eileen Wilson)</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Lucky in Love"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Gordon MacRae</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Bottom_(dance)" title="Black Bottom (dance)">Black Bottom</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Choreographed by Rod Alexander and danced by Sheree North and Jacques d'Amboise</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Birth of the Blues"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Danced by Sheree North and Jacques d'Amboise</dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boy_(song)" title="Sonny Boy (song)">Sonny Boy</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd> <dd>Sung by Norman Brooks</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Follow Thru"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>"One More Time"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Thank Your Father"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>"This Is the Missus"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Together"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>”<a href="/wiki/It_All_Depends_on_You" title="It All Depends on You">It All Depends on You</a>"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>"You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again)"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <ul><li>"Without Love"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Music by Ray Henderson</dd> <dd>Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Solomon, Aubrey. <i>Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)</i>. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em 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title="Michael Curtiz">Michael Curtiz</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Bohemian_(1912_film)" title="The Last Bohemian (1912 film)">The Last Bohemian</a></i> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Today_and_Tomorrow_(1912_film)" title="Today and Tomorrow (1912 film)">Today and Tomorrow</a></i> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Captive_Souls" title="Captive Souls">Captive Souls</a></i> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Husband%27s_Getting_Married" title="My Husband's Getting Married">My Husband's Getting Married</a></i> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Exile_(1914_film)" title="The Exile (1914 film)">The Exile</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Borrowed_Babies" title="The Borrowed Babies">The Borrowed Babies</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_in_a_Nightrobe" title="The Princess in a Nightrobe">The Princess in a Nightrobe</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_the_Night_(film)" title="Prisoner of the Night (film)">Prisoner of the Night</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1nk_B%C3%A1n_(film)" title="Bánk Bán (film)">Bánk Bán</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Golddigger_(film)" title="Golddigger (film)">Golddigger</a></i> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_of_Spades_(film)" title="Seven of Spades (film)">Seven of Spades</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strength_of_the_Fatherland" title="The Strength of the Fatherland">The Strength of the Fatherland</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Karthauzer" title="The Karthauzer">The Karthauzer</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Rainbow" title="The Black Rainbow">The Black Rainbow</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wolf_(1916_film)" title="The Wolf (1916 film)">The Wolf</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Medic_(1916_film)" title="The Medic (1916 film)">The Medic</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Doctor_(film)" title="Mr. Doctor (film)">Mr. Doctor</a></i> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Master_Zoard" title="Master Zoard">Master Zoard</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Samson" title="The Red Samson">The Red Samson</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dawn" title="The Last Dawn">The Last Dawn</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_in_Winter" title="Spring in Winter">Spring in Winter</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tartar_Invasion" title="Tartar Invasion">Tartar Invasion</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_of_St._Job_Forest" title="Secret of St. Job Forest">Secret of St. Job Forest</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nobody%27s_Son_(film)" title="Nobody's Son (film)">Nobody's Son</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charlatan_(1917_film)" title="The Charlatan (1917 film)">The Charlatan</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Penny%27s_History" title="A Penny's History">A Penny's History</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fishing_Bell" title="The Fishing Bell">The Fishing Bell</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Peace%27s_Road" title="Peace's Road">Peace's Road</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jean_the_Tenant" title="Jean the Tenant">Jean the Tenant</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_Man" title="Earth's Man">Earth's Man</a></i> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colonel_(1918_film)" title="The Colonel (1918 film)">The Colonel</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Widow_(1918_film)" title="The Merry Widow (1918 film)">The Merry Widow</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Waltz" title="Magic Waltz">Magic Waltz</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_skorpi%C3%B3_I." title="A skorpió I.">A skorpió I.</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_(1918_Hungarian_film)" title="The Devil (1918 Hungarian film)">The Devil</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lulu_(1918_film)" title="Lulu (1918 film)">Lulu</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lu,_the_Coquette" title="Lu, the Coquette">Lu, the Coquette</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAd%C3%A1s" title="Júdás">Júdás</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ugly_Boy" title="The Ugly Boy">The Ugly Boy</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alraune_(1918_film)" title="Alraune (1918 film)">Alraune</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/99-es_sz%C3%A1m%C3%BA_b%C3%A9rkocsi" title="99-es számú bérkocsi">99-es számú bérkocsi</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunflower_Woman" title="The Sunflower Woman">The Sunflower Woman</a></i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Liliom_(1919_film)#Film_adaptations" class="mw-redirect" title="Liliom (1919 film)">Liliom</a></i> (1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_with_the_Black_Gloves" title="The Lady with the Black Gloves">The Lady with the Black Gloves</a></i> (1919)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Boccaccio_(1920_film)" title="Boccaccio (1920 film)">Boccaccio</a></i> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Star_of_Damascus" title="The Star of Damascus">The Star of Damascus</a></i> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scourge_of_God_(film)" title="The Scourge of God (film)">The Scourge of God</a></i> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Tutti_Frutti" title="Mrs. Tutti Frutti">Mrs. Tutti Frutti</a></i> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_and_Evil_(film)" title="Good and Evil (film)">Good and Evil</a></i> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Dane%27s_Confession" title="Mrs. Dane's Confession">Mrs. Dane's Confession</a></i> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Labyrinth_of_Horror" title="Labyrinth of Horror">Labyrinth of Horror</a></i> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah_(1922_film)" title="Sodom and Gomorrah (1922 film)">Sodom and Gomorrah</a></i> (1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Medardus" title="Young Medardus">Young Medardus</a></i> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avalanche_(1923_film)" title="Avalanche (1923 film)">Avalanche</a></i> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nameless_(1923_film)" title="Nameless (1923 film)">Nameless</a></i> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Deadly_Game_(1924_film)" title="A Deadly Game (1924 film)">A Deadly Game</a></i> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/General_Babka_(1924_film)" title="General Babka (1924 film)">General Babka</a></i> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Harun_al_Raschid_(film)" title="Harun al Raschid (film)">Harun al Raschid</a></i> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_of_Israel" title="The Moon of Israel">The Moon of Israel</a></i> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Das_Spielzeug_von_Paris" title="Das Spielzeug von Paris">Red Heels</a></i> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cab_No._13" title="Cab No. 13">Cab No. 13</a></i> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Butterfly" title="The Golden Butterfly">The Golden Butterfly</a></i> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Degree_(1926_film)" title="The Third Degree (1926 film)">The Third Degree</a></i> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Million_Bid_(1927_film)" title="A Million Bid (1927 film)">A Million Bid</a></i> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Desired_Woman" title="The Desired Woman">The Desired Woman</a></i> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Time_Charley" title="Good Time Charley">Good Time Charley</a></i> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tenderloin_(film)" title="Tenderloin (film)">Tenderloin</a></i> (1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(1928_film)" title="Noah's Ark (1928 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Glad_Rag_Doll_(film)" title="Glad Rag Doll (film)">Glad Rag Doll</a></i> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_of_Avenue_A" title="Madonna of Avenue A">Madonna of Avenue A</a></i> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gamblers_(1929_film)" title="The Gamblers (1929 film)">The Gamblers</a></i> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hearts_in_Exile_(1929_film)" title="Hearts in Exile (1929 film)">Hearts in Exile</a></i> (1929)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mammy_(1930_film)" title="Mammy (1930 film)">Mammy</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Under_a_Texas_Moon" title="Under a Texas Moon">Under a Texas Moon</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrimonial_Bed" title="The Matrimonial Bed">The Matrimonial Bed</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bright_Lights_(1930_film)" title="Bright Lights (1930 film)">Bright Lights</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Soldier%27s_Plaything" title="A Soldier's Plaything">A Soldier's Plaything</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/River%27s_End_(1930_film)" title="River's End (1930 film)">River's End</a></i> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Demon_of_the_Sea" title="Demon of the Sea">Demon of the Sea</a></i> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Gift_to_Women" title="God's Gift to Women">God's Gift to Women</a></i> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mad_Genius" title="The Mad Genius">The Mad Genius</a></i> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_from_Monte_Carlo" title="The Woman from Monte Carlo">The Woman from Monte Carlo</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alias_the_Doctor" title="Alias the Doctor">Alias the Doctor</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strange_Love_of_Molly_Louvain" title="The Strange Love of Molly Louvain">The Strange Love of Molly Louvain</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_X_(film)" title="Doctor X (film)">Doctor X</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cabin_in_the_Cotton" title="The Cabin in the Cotton">The Cabin in the Cotton</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/20,000_Years_in_Sing_Sing" title="20,000 Years in Sing Sing">20,000 Years in Sing Sing</a></i> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_of_the_Wax_Museum" title="Mystery of the Wax Museum">Mystery of the Wax Museum</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Keyhole_(1933_film)" title="The Keyhole (1933 film)">The Keyhole</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Private_Detective_62" title="Private Detective 62">Private Detective 62</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Again_(1933_film)" title="Goodbye Again (1933 film)">Goodbye Again</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kennel_Murder_Case_(film)" title="The Kennel Murder Case (film)">The Kennel Murder Case</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Female_(1933_film)" title="Female (1933 film)">Female</a></i> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mandalay_(film)" title="Mandalay (film)">Mandalay</a></i> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_the_Gent_(film)" title="Jimmy the Gent (film)">Jimmy the Gent</a></i> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Key_(1934_film)" title="The Key (1934 film)">The Key</a></i> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/British_Agent" title="British Agent">British Agent</a></i> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_of_the_Curious_Bride" title="The Case of the Curious Bride">The Case of the Curious Bride</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Fury_(film)" title="Black Fury (film)">Black Fury</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Front_Page_Woman" title="Front Page Woman">Front Page Woman</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Big_Shot_(1935_film)" title="Little Big Shot (1935 film)">Little Big Shot</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Blood_(1935_film)" title="Captain Blood (1935 film)">Captain Blood</a></i> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(1936_film)" title="The Walking Dead (1936 film)">The Walking Dead</a></i> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(1936_film)" title="The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)">The Charge of the Light Brigade</a></i> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Holiday" title="Stolen Holiday">Stolen Holiday</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Justice_(1937_film)" title="Mountain Justice (1937 film)">Mountain Justice</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kid_Galahad_(1937_film)" title="Kid Galahad (1937 film)">Kid Galahad</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Perfect_Specimen" title="The Perfect Specimen">The Perfect Specimen</a></i> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gold_Is_Where_You_Find_It" title="Gold Is Where You 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href="/wiki/The_Private_Lives_of_Elizabeth_and_Essex" title="The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex">The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex</a></i> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Wives" title="Four Wives">Four Wives</a></i> (1939)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_City_(film)" title="Virginia City (film)">Virginia City</a></i> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Hawk_(1940_film)" title="The Sea Hawk (1940 film)">The Sea Hawk</a></i> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail_(film)" title="Santa Fe Trail (film)">Santa Fe Trail</a></i> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Wolf_(1941_film)" title="The Sea Wolf (1941 film)">The Sea Wolf</a></i> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dive_Bomber_(film)" title="Dive Bomber (film)">Dive Bomber</a></i> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Captains_of_the_Clouds" title="Captains of the Clouds">Captains of the Clouds</a></i> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy" title="Yankee Doodle Dandy">Yankee Doodle Dandy</a></i> (1942) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" title="Casablanca (film)">Casablanca</a></i> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mission_to_Moscow" title="Mission to Moscow">Mission to Moscow</a></i> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_the_Army" title="This Is the Army">This Is the Army</a></i> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passage_to_Marseille" title="Passage to Marseille">Passage to Marseille</a></i> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Janie_(1944_film)" title="Janie (1944 film)">Janie</a></i> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Roughly_Speaking_(film)" title="Roughly Speaking (film)">Roughly Speaking</a></i> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Pierce_(film)" title="Mildred Pierce (film)">Mildred Pierce</a></i> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Night_and_Day_(1946_film)" title="Night and Day (1946 film)">Night and Day</a></i> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Life_with_Father_(film)" title="Life with Father (film)">Life with Father</a></i> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unsuspected" title="The Unsuspected">The Unsuspected</a></i> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Romance_on_the_High_Seas" title="Romance on the High Seas">Romance on the High Seas</a></i> (1948)</span></li> 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Breaking Point (1950 film)">The Breaking Point</a></i> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Force_of_Arms" title="Force of Arms">Force of Arms</a></i> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_%E2%80%93_All-American" title="Jim Thorpe – All-American">Jim Thorpe – All-American</a></i> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_See_You_in_My_Dreams_(1951_film)" title="I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)">I'll See You in My Dreams</a></i> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Will_Rogers" title="The Story of Will Rogers">The Story of Will Rogers</a></i> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer_(1952_film)" title="The Jazz Singer (1952 film)">The Jazz Singer</a></i> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Trouble_Along_the_Way" title="Trouble Along the Way">Trouble Along the Way</a></i> (1953)</span></li> 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