There's No Business Like Show Business |  | Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $6.99
as of 11/21/2009 08:28 CST details
You Save: $7.99 (53%)
New (22) Used (6) Collectible (1) from $6.82
Seller: moviemars
Rating:  43 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 2001445
UPC: 024543014454
EAN: 0024543014454
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1954
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
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 Fine
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/20/2004 Rating: Nr
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 43
 Cinematic Brilliance! August 29, 2009
Ms. B. Pearce (Sydney, Australia)
I never realised how cinematically beautiful this film was until I watched it on DVD. The quality is amazing, it's so hard to believe it isn't a modern day film!
Donald O'Connor's talent does not go unnoticed: dancing, singing and 'making us laugh' with his wonderful comic timing. I love Mitzi Gaynor: she is such an energy in this film and you'll really notice this when you watch it. Johnnie Ray, ah now he just takes my breath away whenever I hear him sing (I am 22 so don't make any assumptions as to whether this is aimed only at the older crowd!). Marilyn Monroe never really had a fair go in the media and following her death but people seem to forget due to her iconic status that she was actually quite a good actress and performer. Of course, she plays a bombshell but she does it with such innocence that even I would love to have her as a sister-in-law if I were in their shoes! But to me, it is Ethel Merman that steals the show. Nobody does it better, her emotion as an actress, as a musical performer, everything. She's the real deal and her finale performance always brings me to tears.
WONDERFUL choreography, amazing costumes, great dialogue and storyline. A real gem. Timeless!!!
10/10.
missing content April 6, 2009
Ali (Portland, OR)
This is a perfect cd with a few minor issues. The songs sung by Marilyn Monroe, are not her. I'm not sure who is singing them, but it's not her. If you want the songs that she sings in "There's no business like show business", then find Marilyn Monroe's cd: Anthology on i-tunes. You will be satisfied with the songs from that album.
 Marilyn was deliciously charming, seducing and very appealing... February 11, 2009
Roberto Frangie (Leon, Gto. Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film was, perhaps, the splashiest of the year's musicals... It dealt with the joys, loves and heartaches experienced by a vaudeville family called the Donahues (spending their lives singing and dancing and touring) with Merman and Dailey as mother and father, and Ray, Gaynor and O'Connor as their talented offspring...
All of them get to perform a large catalog of new and old songs by Irving Berlin in sumptuous arrangements, beautiful settings and on a big Hippodrome extravaganza...
Daily and Merman hit the top; O'Connor--who had liked to build a barbed-wire fence around Marilyn--did it Scottish and came with some fine dances; Gaynor's love was dancing... and she was really cute; and while Ray got some thinking to do, he sells a very beautiful song ("If You Believe").
Marilyn (appearing after 29 minutes screening) was deliciously charming, seducing and very appealing... She sang "After You Get What You Want" and "Lazy," and did that tropical version of 'Heat Wave.'
Twentieth Century Fox made great musicals January 22, 2009
Roman Critic (Santa Maria, CA)
A classic. Great musical numbers that always don't make much sense to the script, but who cares. One of Monroe's best musical numbers, "Heat Wave", is just that. A true show business film about how the show must go on. Ethel Merman leading a cast of hundreds in the finale, There's No Business Like Show Business, is worth the price alone. Beautiful restoration of the film. Brilliant colors.
Fabulous August 1, 2008
Miss Molly Sue (ID, USA)
In this production, it is a feast to watch and listen! Music is playing and people are dancing from the very beginning and it does not stop until the movie does. The actors are phenominal, including the comical Donald O Connor, the robust Ethel Merman, and the seductive Marilyn Monroe, as charming as ever. If you enjoy musicals, this is a must. There is all different types of music, and an array of performers. Marilyn portrays her role fantastically and she offers a few chuckles, too. She sings some great songs, one of my favorite being "Heat Wave", and there's plenty of dancing in there too. Bright, colorful, and fun, this is a movie for everyone.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 43
|
|
|
