There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

12/16/1954 (US) • 1h 57m

Music, Comedy

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ethel Merman

Molly Donahue

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

Frank McHugh

Eddie Dugan


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,300,000.00

Revenue

$7,100,000.00

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

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