There's no business like show business / produced by Sol C. Siegel ; screenplay by Henry and Phoebe Ephron ; from a story by Lamar Trotti ; directed by Walter Lang.

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A movie musical stringing together a number of Irving Berlin songs written for earlier Broadway musicals. An ambitious and beautiful showgirl catches the eye of a son in the veteran vaudeville family act. But when Vicky steals Tim's heart, his loyalties to his talented clan will be tested, and the s...

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Uniform Title:There's no business like show business (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 (Composer, Lyricist)
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Producer)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc (Distributor)
Other Authors: Lang, Walter, 1898-1972 (Director)
Ephron, Phoebe, 1914-1971 (author of screenplay.)
Ephron, Henry, 1912-1992 (author of screenplay.)
Trotti, Lamar, 1900-1952 (author of screenplay.)
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982 (Producer)
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 (Producer)
Merman, Ethel (Actor)
O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003 (Actor)
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 (Actor)
Dailey, Dan, 1914-1978 (Actor)
Ray, Johnnie, 1927-1990 (Actor)
Gaynor, Mitzi, 1931- (Actor)
Eastham, Dickinson (Actor)
O'Brian, Hugh (Actor)
McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981 (Actor)
Williams, Rhys, 1897-1969 (Actor)
Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982 (Actor)
Miller, Eve, 1923-1973 (Actor)
Raymond, Robin, 1916-1994 (Actor)
Alton, Robert, 1897-1957 (Choreographer)
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 (Director, Conductor)
Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 (Director, Conductor)
Darby, Ken (arranger of music.)
Mayers, Bernard, 1908-2010 (arranger of music.)
Spencer, Herbert W. (arranger of music.)
Powell, Edward B. (arranger of music.)
Hagen, Earle (arranger of music.)
Schaefer, Hal (arranger of music.)
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language and/or Writing System:
English and Spanish audio tracks; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing in English; subtitles in Spanish and French.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC, [2012]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Entertainers > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Vaudeville > United States > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Romantic comedy films.
Drama.
Entertainers.
Families.
Man-woman relationships.
Vaudeville.
United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Romantic comedy films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Format: Video
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Summary:
A movie musical stringing together a number of Irving Berlin songs written for earlier Broadway musicals. An ambitious and beautiful showgirl catches the eye of a son in the veteran vaudeville family act. But when Vicky steals Tim's heart, his loyalties to his talented clan will be tested, and the show business life will to be more surprising and entertaining than anyone thought possible.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Widescreen (2.55:1).
Call Number:CX3 D0141147 Blu-ray Video
Credits:Darryl Francis Zanuck, producer; Director of photography, Leon Shamroy; editor, Robert Simpson; music, lyrics, Irving Berlin; dances and musical numbers staged by Robert Alton; music supervised and conducted by Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman; vocal supervision, Ken Darby; Orchestration, Bernard Mayers, Herbert Spencer, Edward B. Powell, Earle Hagen; Vocal arrangements, Ken Darby, Hal Schaefer.
System Details:Blu-ray disc; requires Blu-ray player; stereo.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Marilyn Monroe, Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey, Johnny Ray, Mitzi Gaynor, Richard Eastham, Hugh O'Brian, Frank McHugh, Rhys Williams, Lee Patrick, Eve Miller, Robin Raymond.