Reviews of There's No Business Like Show Business 1954
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Very interesting music by Berlin. Plot lines really don't resolve.
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Continuing with the Forever Marilyn Blu-ray Collection, this was only marginally related to her. It's more a movie for Ethel Merman and Donald O'Connor. Like many lesser musicals of its day, it's terribly thin on story with only about 20 minutes of plot. The rest is (admittedly impressive) song and dance numbers that make the film more of a revue than a narrative.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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this is a very interesting musical to me. For one I didnt think I have ever seen it... but watching it I was like .. OHHHH I remember it!!
Dont Let the cover for this movie fool you its NOT a marlyin Monroe feature... its more about the donahue family and the trials and tribulations of show buisness.....Marlyin is just and added feature...
another interesting thing is that hte sister end up getting knocked up and they openly talk…
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Monroe is the weak part in my opinion and the under-used O'Connor is the highlight. Entertaining enough but could have been better.
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Not heavily plot-driven (Even for an old time musical) but it had a good flow and some decently entertaining numbers.