There's No Business Like Show Business (film)

Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business
Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Walter Lang
Screenplay by	Phoebe Ephron; Henry Ephron;
Story by	Lamar Trotti
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Starring	Ethel Merman; Donald O'Connor; Marilyn Monroe; Dan Dailey; Johnnie Ray; Mitzi Gaynor;
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Robert Simpson
Music by	Irving Berlin
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	December 16, 1954 (New York City, premiere); December 24, 1954 (Los Angeles);
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.3 million
Box office	$5.1 million (domestic); $2 million (foreign estimate)

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]

^ "1954". graumanschinese.org. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "20th Blessing". Variety. 9 November 1955. p. 20.
^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. pp. M140–M196.
^ "There's No Business Like Show Business (1954): Full Cast & Crew – Writing Credits". IMDb. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
^ "There's No Business Like Show Business (1955): Overview – Synopsis". AllMovie. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
^ Aloff, Mindy (October 13, 2003) [1979]. "Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor". The DanceView Times. Retrieved November 10, 2018.