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There's No Business Like Show Business
Terry (Dan Dailey) and Molly (Ethel Merman) are vaudeville performers who eventually add their three children to the act to become 'The Five Donahues.' Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
















8 August 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA

10 January 1927, Dallas, Oregon, USA

16 January 1908, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

19 April 1925, Rochester, New York, USA

1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA

4 October 1916, Chicago, Illinois, USA

23 May 1898, Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

4 September 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA

31 December 1897, Clydach, Swansea, Wales, UK

14 December 1915, New York City, New York, USA



October 24, 2004
Corny, loud, splashy, but it has Merman and solid cast
August 07, 2012
If you're looking for a good film that features Irving Berlin tunes, this one is not the film you're looking for.
June 15, 2007
The movie does not blend the magic of music, dance, and emotion in the way which the best musicals do.
October 01, 2003
Maybe if it didn't have Johnny Ray...
December 21, 2004
The decline of the musical starts here. Faux Kelly just doesn't work.
July 26, 2003
Overstuffed and cornball, but some great Berlin musical numbers, especially Monroe's "Heat Wave."
July 27, 2012
Though Marilyn Monroe was the country's biggest movie star, this plotless musical, a tribute to the genius composer Irving Berlin, belongs to Ethel Merman.