
The Donahues - husband and wife Terry and Molly, and their three offspring Steve, Katy and Tim - are a song and dance act. Their survival as a performing act of five and as a family collective is presented. Under their family name, Terry and Molly were a successful vaudeville act in the early 1920s, they who subsequently under the names the Three Donahues, the Four Donahues and the Five Donahues, trotted out Steve, then Steve and Katy, then Steve, Katy and Tim on stage as ear... (Full plot summary below)
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The Donahues - husband and wife Terry and Molly, and their three offspring Steve, Katy and Tim - are a song and dance act. Their survival as a performing act of five and as a family collective is presented. Under their family name, Terry and Molly were a successful vaudeville act in the early 1920s, they who subsequently under the names the Three Donahues, the Four Donahues and the Five Donahues, trotted out Steve, then Steve and Katy, then Steve, Katy and Tim on stage as early as they being toddlers. Molly was able to convince Terry to give the kids a stable education at a boarding school as the two of them continued their on the road career in Molly wanting the kids to have a normal life. They were pleasantly surprised that the kids grew up not only to have musical performing talent, but wanted to perform as a family unit as the Five Donahues. That harmony on and off stage was threatened first by Steve contemplating following another calling - the threat not only in his thought of leaving the act, but in the nature of that calling - and second when Tim becomes infatuated with up and coming singer Vicky Parker, who unlike the naturally talented Donahues, has to tailor her act to showcase her assets. While Vicky is not a bad person per se despite Molly's thoughts to the contrary, Vicky's drive to become a star with Tim's addictive nature proves to be a potentially destructive combination.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThough Marilyn Monroe was the country's biggest movie star, this plotless musical, a tribute to the genius composer Irving Berlin, belongs to Ethel Merman. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIf you're looking for a good film that features Irving Berlin tunes, this one is not the film you're looking for. |
| User ReviewHeather LMy favorite MM movie of all. She is so beautiful and talented. I am obsessed with her and you should be too, stars like her don't come around anymore. |
| User ReviewKMM .all the cast are fab, not just monroe... i love mitzi gaynor especially, she has a great screen presence. Love the reprise of midnight choo choo and merman's 'there's no business like show business' |
| User Reviewree sthis is a classicle musical movie i just love it and so will you ! |
| User ReviewDarryl JAs far as musicals go, Daily, Merman, Ray, O'connor, Monroe, Gaynor....what more can you say! |
| User ReviewDarla WMarilyn even shines when she's not playing the foremost character. |
| User ReviewI'm El Capitano! Ai absolutely love it!! Donald O'Connor is in it so it's great!!! |
| User Review[x..pwincess.carlee..x] .this is a classicle musical movie i just love it and so will you ! |
| User ReviewShaun LLoved dancing and vocal scenes, they are just perfectly staged and played! |