There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - Finale

Written by Irving Berlin
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There's no business like show business
Like no business I know
Everything about it is appealing
Everything that traffic will allow
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
When you are stealing that extra bow

There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
Yesterday they told you you would not go far
That night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
Let's go on with the show...

The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props
The audience that lifts you when you're down
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops
The sherriff who'll escort you out of town
The opening when your heart beats like a drum...
The closing when the customers don't come...

There's no business like show business
Like no business I know
You get word before the show has started
That your favourite uncle died at dawn
And top of that, your pa and ma have parted
You're broken-hearted, but you go on

There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
Even with a turkey that you know will fold
You may be stranded out in the cold
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold
Let's go on with the show
Let's go - on with the - show...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• broadway
• musical
• oldies
• classic
• ragtime
• jazz

[annmeersman]

Never get tired of this one.



[avuncular300]

I thought that this excerpt was a real tonic. It was good to see stars of yesteryear at their peak.

[emdawgz1]

@CzarAice01 Movies Unlimited..12.00 

[gardenguy731]

One dislike??? Are you on crack!



[MsSandtime]

The best show singer is Ethel Merman.Thank you

[CzarAice01]

where can i get the full movie?? please help me i need it for my project at school

[tmtv633]

@MsPelicanus Why are you a hater? Why are you watching ? I don't like Snop Dogg but I ain't watching either. Hitler was entitled to his opinion also, it was just wrong.

[tmtv633]

What a set of pipes

[shulman2]

One of my favorite films. Corny by today's standards but great songs and story. Thanks for posting.

[MiyuGoreLivingDead]

gawwd! I cried the first time i saw this part of the movie... Always gives me goosebumps!

[Bluejeans0701]

Ethel Merman always gives me energy with the amazing voice which I never mistake for another.

[rr7firefly]

Back in those days they really knew how to end a movie with a closing number to end all closing numbers. This one is Hollywood at its finest.  Because people who go to movies today seem to need outrageous behavior and irony to feel entertained, we have to go back to these classics from many years past.