There's No Business Like Show Business
by Walter Lang
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Actor: Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Ethel Merman, Johnnie Ray, Marilyn MonroeDirector: Walter Lang
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie Review: Last Great Old Time Musical
Summary: 5 Stars
Before 1955, what more did you need in a musical? A flimsy storyline...some great star power...and a ton of great tin pan alley songs were all you needed in the recipe for a great musical. THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS had it all. Leading the cast and the loudness was Ethel Merman. She was never a great movie star, but what a powerhouse. A hundred chorus singers could be singing around here and all you would hear is Merman. Also in the cast was Dan Dailey as Merman's husband. Sadly, I think he was severly underused in the movie. Their children were played by Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, and the horrible Johnnie Ray. Basically the story revolved around this vaudville family, but that is not important.
What is important is the movie featured over two dozen great Irving Berlin songs like: A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, You'd Be Surprised, Heat Wave, Alexander's Ragtime Band, and Ethel Merman's theme song There's No Business Like Show Business among others.
The lowpoint in the movie is the dreadful performance of Johnnie Ray. I never thought of him much as a singer, and he is worse as an actor. His feminine voice had to be written into the movie that he was becoming a priest, because there was no way he could even pretend to be Rock Hudson or any sort of a romantic star. Another low point is Marilyn Monroe. She was added to the movie for more star power, and she did not add much to the film. If you are watching this movie for another Citizen Kane or even West Side Story, you would be disappointed. However, if you just want to be entertained by a good old time musicial that isn't made anymore these days, then THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS is your film!
Summary of There's No Business Like Show Business
This 1954 dinosaur brings together two giants of Broadway, Ethel Merman and Irving Berlin, just as their moment was passing forever, to create one last hurrah: a celebration of the glories that were vaudeville. Still, it's hard to imagine that Broadway--or nightclub entertaining, for that matter--was ever quite this lavish and satisfying. The story centers on a married couple, the Donahues (Dan Dailey and Merman), who live on the road as vaudeville entertainers, and since they have children, begin incorporating the kids into the act. Eventually, the kids grow up to be Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, and Johnny Ray, and they begin having interests of their own. Donald's is an ambitious showgirl (Marilyn Monroe), whose standoffish response to his romantic overtures drives him to drink. Best for its lavish, splashy production numbers built around some of the best of the Berlin songbook, including the title tune and "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody." --Marshall FineAn all-star cast that includes Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray and Mitzi Gaynor sparks this tuneful Irving Berlin musical that depicts the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. Molly (Merman) and Terry (Dailey) Donahue start out as a duo and keep adding kids to the act until they finally become The 5 Donahues. Their busy, sometimes tumultuous lives aren't always easy, but the Donahues have plenty of love to get them through the hard times and more than enough talent to keep them on top. Highlighted by one classic Irving Berlin song after another and an array of dazzling production numbers, this upbeat, utterly delightful tale of life on the stage proves, beyond and doubt, that There's No Business Like Show Business!
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