There's No Business Like Show Business (film)

Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Screenplay by
Story byLamar Trotti
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Starring
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byRobert Simpson
Music byIrving Berlin
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
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Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.3 million[2][3]
Box office$5.1 million (domestic)[4]
$2 million (foreign estimate)[3]

Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 American 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 famous song in the stage musical (and MGM film) Annie Get Your Gun. The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Lamar Trotti;[5] and the movie was Fox's first musical in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color.[6]

O'Connor later called the film the best picture he ever made.[7]

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  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Vol. 20. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780810842441. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "20th Blessing". Variety. 9 November 1955. p. 20.
  4. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. pp. M140–M196.
  5. ^ "There's No Business Like Show Business (1954): Full Cast & Crew – Writing Credits". IMDb. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "There's No Business Like Show Business (1955): Overview – Synopsis". AllMovie. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  7. ^ Aloff, Mindy (October 13, 2003) [1979]. "Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor". The DanceView Times. Retrieved November 10, 2018.