There's No Business Like Show Business (film)

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There's No Business Like Show Business (film)

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'''''Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business''''' is a 1954 American [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Walter Lang]]. It stars an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of [[Ethel Merman]], [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Dan Dailey]], [[Johnnie Ray]], and [[Mitzi Gaynor]].
'''''Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business''''' is a 1954 American [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Walter Lang]]. It stars an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of [[Ethel Merman]], [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Dan Dailey]], [[Johnnie Ray]], and [[Mitzi Gaynor]].


The title is borrowed from the [[There's No Business Like Show Business|famous song]] in the stage musical (and [[MGM]] film) ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''. The screenplay was written by [[Phoebe Ephron]] and [[Henry Ephron]], based on a story by [[Lamar Trotti]];{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047574/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=There's No Business Like Show Business (1954): Full Cast & Crew – Writing Credits |author= |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=November 6, 2014}} and the movie was Fox's first musical in [[CinemaScope]] and [[DeLuxe Color]].{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v49389 |title=There's No Business Like Show Business (1955): Overview – Synopsis |website=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=November 6, 2014}}
The title is borrowed from the [[There's No Business Like Show Business|song]] in the stage musical (and [[MGM]] film) ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''. The screenplay was written by [[Phoebe Ephron]] and [[Henry Ephron]], based on a story by [[Lamar Trotti]];{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047574/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=There's No Business Like Show Business (1954): Full Cast & Crew – Writing Credits |author= |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=November 6, 2014}} and the movie was Fox's first musical in [[CinemaScope]] and [[DeLuxe Color]].{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v49389 |title=There's No Business Like Show Business (1955): Overview – Synopsis |website=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=November 6, 2014}}


O'Connor later called the film the best picture he ever made.{{cite web|last=Aloff|first=Mindy|url=http://danceviewtimes.com/dvny/features/2003/o'connor.html|title=Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor|work=The DanceView Times|date=October 13, 2003|orig-date=1979|access-date=November 10, 2018}}
O'Connor later called the film the best picture he ever made.{{cite web|last=Aloff|first=Mindy|url=http://danceviewtimes.com/dvny/features/2003/o'connor.html|title=Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor|work=The DanceView Times|date=October 13, 2003|orig-date=1979|access-date=November 10, 2018}}
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