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The Best of Everything

  • 1959
  • Approved
  • 2h 1m
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6.6/10
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Brian Aherne, Diane Baker, Stephen Boyd, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans, Martha Hyer, Louis Jourdan, Hope Lange, and Suzy Parker in The Best of Everything (1959)
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
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An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.

  • Director
    • Jean Negulesco
  • Writers
    • Edith Sommer
    • Mann Rubin
    • Rona Jaffe
  • Stars
    • Hope Lange
    • Stephen Boyd
    • Suzy Parker
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2.4K
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    • Director
      • Jean Negulesco
    • Writers
      • Edith Sommer
      • Mann Rubin
      • Rona Jaffe
    • Stars
      • Hope Lange
      • Stephen Boyd
      • Suzy Parker
    • 67User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

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    Hope Lange
    Hope Lange
    • Caroline Bender
    Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    • Mike Rice
    Suzy Parker
    Suzy Parker
    • Gregg Adams
    Martha Hyer
    Martha Hyer
    • Barbara Lamont
    Diane Baker
    Diane Baker
    • April Morrison
    Brian Aherne
    Brian Aherne
    • Fred Shalimar
    Robert Evans
    Robert Evans
    • Dexter Key
    Brett Halsey
    Brett Halsey
    • Eddie Harris
    Donald Harron
    Donald Harron
    • Sidney Carter
    Sue Carson
    • Mary Agnes
    Linda Hutchings
    Linda Hutchings
    • Jane
    Lionel Kane
    • Paul Landers
    Ted Otis
    Ted Otis
    • Dr. Ronnie Wood
    Louis Jourdan
    Louis Jourdan
    • David Savage
    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Amanda Farrow
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Leading Woman in Play
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Austin
    • Bill
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph Bardo
    Joseph Bardo
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean Negulesco
    • Writers
      • Edith Sommer
      • Mann Rubin
      • Rona Jaffe
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Joan Crawford, recently elected to the board of directors of Pepsi after the death of her husband who had been President and CEO of the company, managed to swing a brief quasi product plug for the soft drink by having an unmistakable Pepsi machine (with the red, white, and blue Pepsi logo, but sans the word "Pepsi") installed in the secretaries' on-screen break room.
    • Goofs
      In the scene when Diane Baker tells Hope Lange "he's ten foot tall to me" while walking down the street, several people... two men and two young boys... look into the camera, smiling (they were obviously filming with a camera hidden in a car during these scenes as those people weren't extras).
    • Quotes

      Amanda Farrow: Now you and your rabbit-faced wife can both go to hell!

    • Connections
      Featured in Playboy's Penthouse: Episode #1.1 (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      The Best of Everything
      by Sammy Cahn and Alfred Newman
      Johnny Mathis sings during the opening credits
      Also sung by a chorus at the end
      Played often in the score

    User reviews67

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    7/10

    The best and then some!!

    Although dated, this film is definitely worth a watch. I saw it about eight times as a teenager when it opened and it changed my life...I just HAD to live in New York. It has great opening shots of the Manhattan skyline with Johnny Mathis crooning "Romance is still...the best of everything..." that rival those of West Side Story. There is a rather stilted performance by the world's REAL first Supermodel, Suzy Parker (sorry about that, Janice D.), but it's great eye-candy! It also offers a bit of insight into late 1950's American mores--our obsession with (and repression of) sex (in the workplace, no less!), romance, and marriage before women's lib. It represents an era in which New York was at it's finest and a super-bitchy performance by Joan Crawford is just the icing on the cake.
    • eforza915
    • Dec 11, 2005
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Las audaces
    • Filming locations
      • Seagram Building - 375 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jerry Wald Productions
      • The Company of Artists
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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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