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.
June 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA
22 October 1915, New York City, New York, USA
8 August 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 November 1905, Summerville, Texas, USA
22 April 1904, Maryland, USA
17 September 1908, Edmonton, London, England, UK
25 May 1898, Portland, North Dakota, USA
May 31, 1894 in Redondo Beach, California, USA
28 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, 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.
