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.
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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."October 24, 2004
Corny, loud, splashy, but it has Merman and solid castJuly 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.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...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.