There's No Business Like Show Business
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!
1954 | 117m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Walter Lang |
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| Writer: | Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron, Lamar Trotti |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 1954 |
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| Director: | Walter Lang |
| Writer: | Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron, Lamar Trotti |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | new york city, dancer, family history, musical, singer, 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 |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $7,100,000
Budget: $4,300,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ethel Merman | Molly Donahue |
| Marilyn Monroe | Vicky |
| 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 |
| Rhys Williams | Father Dineen |
| Lee Patrick | Marge |
| Eve Miller | Helen |
| Dorothy Abbott | Showgirl (uncredited) |
| Lyle Talbot | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| George Chakiris | Dancer (uncredited) |
| John Doucette | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| Alvy Moore | Katy's Date (uncredited) |
| Ron Nyman | Tattooed Sailor (uncredited) |
| Walter Winchell | Walter Winchell (voice) (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Adams | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Robin Raymond | Lillian Sawyer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Ray Kellogg | Visual Effects |
| Murray Spivack | Sound |
| Henry Ephron | Screenplay |
| Phoebe Ephron | Screenplay |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Miles White | Costume Design |
| Leonard Doss | Color Assistant |
| Helen Turpin | Hair Designer |
| John DeCuir | Art Direction |
| E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Robert Alton | Choreographer |
| Sam Benson | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Lionel Newman | Music Supervisor |
| Walter Lang | Director |
| Lamar Trotti | Story |
| Travilla | Costume Design |
| Alfred Newman | Music Supervisor |
| Earle Hagen | Orchestrator |
| Irving Berlin | Music, Original Music Composer, Songs |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Gaston Glass | Production Manager |
| Joan Bayley | Associate Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sol C. Siegel | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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