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!"

1954 1h 58m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 116🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 7,076

MusicComedy

Synopsis

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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.

“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!”

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Cast

Ethel Merman
Molly Donahue
Marilyn Monroe
Vicky
Mitzi Gaynor
Katy Donahue
Dan Dailey
Terence Donahue
Donald O'Connor
Tim Donahue
Johnnie Ray
Steve Donahue
Richard Eastham
Lew Harris
Hugh O'Brian
Charles Gibbs

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Walter Lang
Writers: Phoebe Ephron, Lamar Trotti, Henry Ephron
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Walter Lang, shot by Leon Shamroy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Irving Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert L. Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe and Mitzi Gaynor carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "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!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0047574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Walter Lang directs. Leon Shamroy behind the camera. Irving Berlin scores. Robert L. Simpson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
272 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Walter Lang, shot by Leon Shamroy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Irving Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robert L. Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe and Mitzi Gaynor carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "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!".
8IMDB entry: tt0047574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 23 themes, including "new york city", "dancer", "family history", "musical".