There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

U
03/06/2002 (GB)
Music, Comedy
1h 57m

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!

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.

  • Walter LangDirector
  • Phoebe EphronScreenplay
  • Henry EphronScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $4,300,000

  • Revenue

    $7,100,000

Keywords

  • new york city
  • dancer
  • family history
  • musical
  • singer
  • cinemascope
  • vaudeville
  • song and dance
  • theatre audience
  • musical revue
  • broadway star
  • broadway show
  • hat check girl
  • 1920s
  • 1940s
  • 1930s
  • priesthood
  • stage actress
  • eve of world war ii
  • hippodrome
  • brother sister act
  • musical family
  • husband and wife act
  • family act

Top Billed 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

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