Show Business
Dancing, clowning, romancing...songs you'll never forget...girls and glamour...Bowery Burlesque, The Palace, the tank circuits...all in this sparkling Show of Shows and show-folks!
NR 1944 · 92 min · ★ 5.6 · Romance, Comedy, Music
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.
Directed by Edwin L. Marin · Written by Bert Granet
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Eddie Cantor Eddie Martin -
Joan Davis Joan Mason -
George Murphy George Doane -
Nancy Kelly Nancy Gaye -
Dick Elliott Binoculars Man -
Constance Moore Constance Ford -
Donald Douglas Charlie Lucas (as Don Douglas) -
Gloria Anderson Showgirl (uncredited) -
Dorothy Malone Chorine -
Sonny Lamont
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