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There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business

With Love and Kisses from 20th Century-Fox...Straight from the Shoulder, Right from the Heart Comes...The Musicavalcade and the Personal Story of the Greatest Business on Earth!

19546.11h 58m

Overview

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron, Lamar Trotti
Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Box OfficeBudget: $4.3MRevenue: $7.1M

Top Cast

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Molly Donahue

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Vicky

Mitzi Gaynor

Mitzi Gaynor

Katy Donahue

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

Terence Donahue

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Tim Donahue

Johnnie Ray

Johnnie Ray

Steve Donahue

Richard Eastham

Richard Eastham

Lew Harris

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Charles Gibbs

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

Eddie Dugan

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Father Dineen

Themes & Keywords

new york citydancerfamily historymusicalsingervaudevillesong and dancetheatre audiencemusical revuebroadway starbroadway showhat check girl1920s1940s1930spriesthoodstage actresseve of world war iihippodromebrother sister actmusical familyhusband and wife actfamily act

About There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business is a music, comedy film released in 1954 exploring themes of new york city, dancer, family history, musical, singer, vaudeville. Directed by Walter Lang, it stars Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor. Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

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