There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

  • NR
  • 12/16/1954 (US)
  • Music, Comedy
  • 1h 57m

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!

Overview

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.

Phoebe Ephron

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Story

Walter Lang

Director

Henry Ephron

Screenplay

Cast

Ethel Merman's headshot

Ethel Merman

Molly Donahue
Marilyn Monroe's headshot

Marilyn Monroe

Vicky
Mitzi Gaynor's headshot

Mitzi Gaynor

Katy Donahue
Dan Dailey's headshot

Dan Dailey

Terence Donahue
Donald O'Connor's headshot

Donald O'Connor

Tim Donahue
Johnnie Ray's headshot

Johnnie Ray

Steve Donahue
Richard Eastham's headshot

Richard Eastham

Lew Harris
Hugh O'Brian's headshot

Hugh O'Brian

Charles Gibbs

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