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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.
















April 7, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA

23 May 1898, Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA

8 February 1902, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

September 16, 1906 in Indiana, USA

8 August 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA

19 October 1948, Renton, Washington, USA

22 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA

22 June 1916, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA

12 April 1896, Kingman, Arizona, USA

16 December 1920, Kansas City, Missouri, USA


April 1, 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

9 September 1903, Hove, East Sussex, England, UK

31 December 1897, Clydach, Swansea, Wales, UK

7 April 1901, Chicora, Mississippi, USA

26 July 1901, New York City, New York, USA

1892, New York, USA

23 March 1915, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

24 March 1906, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

19 April 1925, Rochester, New York, USA

September 20, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA

23 November 1905, Summerville, Texas, USA

12 May 1924, London, England, UK



July 26, 2003
Overstuffed and cornball, but some great Berlin musical numbers, especially Monroe's "Heat Wave."
December 21, 2004
The decline of the musical starts here. Faux Kelly just doesn't work.
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.
October 24, 2004
Corny, loud, splashy, but it has Merman and solid cast
October 01, 2003
Maybe if it didn't have Johnny Ray...
June 15, 2007
The movie does not blend the magic of music, dance, and emotion in the way which the best musicals do.
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.