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Show Business

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
240
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Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly, Constance Moore, and George Murphy in Show Business (1944)
ComedyMusicalRomance
A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
240
YOUR RATING
    • Edwin L. Marin
  • Writers
    • Joseph Quillan(screen play)
    • Dorothy Bennett(screen play)
    • Irving Elinson(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Cantor
    • George Murphy
    • Joan Davis
    • Edwin L. Marin
  • Writers
    • Joseph Quillan(screen play)
    • Dorothy Bennett(screen play)
    • Irving Elinson(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Cantor
    • George Murphy
    • Joan Davis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly, Constance Moore, and George Murphy in Show Business (1944)
    Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly, and George Murphy in Show Business (1944)
    Eddie Cantor, Claire Carleton, and Joan Davis in Show Business (1944)
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    Eddie Cantor
    Eddie Cantor
    • Eddie Martin
    George Murphy
    George Murphy
    • George Doane
    Joan Davis
    Joan Davis
    • Joan Mason
    Nancy Kelly
    Nancy Kelly
    • Nancy Gaye
    Constance Moore
    Constance Moore
    • Constance Ford
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Charlie Lucas
    • (as Don Douglas)
    Gloria Anderson
    • Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Bester
    • Callboy
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Borden
    Eddie Borden
    • Comic with Banjo
    • (uncredited)
    Buster Brodie
    Buster Brodie
    • Bald Man
    • (uncredited)
    Claire Carleton
    Claire Carleton
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    James Carlisle
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Russ Clark
    Russ Clark
    • Army Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Dell Clow
    • Page Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Ann Codee
    Ann Codee
    • French Modiste
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Coleman
    • Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
    James Conaty
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Myrna Dell
    Myrna Dell
    • Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
      • Edwin L. Marin
    • Writers
      • Joseph Quillan(screen play)
      • Dorothy Bennett(screen play)
      • Irving Elinson(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Bert Gordon, George Jessel, Pat Rooney and Gene Sheldon were definitely filmed in a sequence which was cut before the release of the movie. Also in studio records, but not seen in the film, are Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (Harold), Billy Bester (Call Boy), Marietta Canty (Maid), Don Dillaway (Gambler), Ralph Dunn (Taxi Driver), Edmund Glover (Gambler), Harry Harvey Jr. (Page Boy), Russell Hopton (Gambler), Sam Lufkin (Waiter on Stage), Jerry Maren (Midget), Charles Marsh (Man Eating Peanuts), Chef Milani (Head Waiter), Bert Moorhouse (Desk Clerk), Forbes Murray (Director), William J. O'Brien (Peanut Gag Man), and Joseph Vitale (Caesar).
    • Quotes

      Cleopatra: Do-eth thou-eth loveth me-eth?

      Marc Anthony: Yeth!

    • Connections
      Edited from Waterloo Bridge (1931)
    • Soundtracks
      You May Not Remember
      (1944)

      Music by Ben Oakland

      Lyrics by George Jessel

      Performed by Nancy Kelly (uncredited)

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    6/10
    In hindsight, I wish it had just been about Joan Davis and Eddie Cantor's characters!
    The copy I saw of "Show Business" was very flawed and I hope you can find a better one than the one on YouTube. The picture was scratchy, the sound tinny and whoever posted it stuck a giant watermark across the screen! Even worse is that they removed a blackface segment because it might offend. I personally hate censorship and wish they'd instead given a prologue discussing this scene instead of just removing it.

    The story is about the burlesque singing and dancing team of Eddie and George (Eddie Cantor and George Murphy). Soon they meet up with Joan and Nancy (Joan Davis and Nancy Kelly) and they are so good they're able to move up to vaudeville. Things are just fine until George and Nancy marry. On the day their daughter is born, a STUPID misunderstanding tears them apart and the rest of the film is predictable....as years pass, you know eventually they'll get back together.

    A serious problem for me was that I didn't care about George and Nancy. Their histrionics really took away from what I loved.... Eddie and Joan. They were wonderful together....just like they'd been in previous films. In hindsight, I really wish they film had just been about them and the other two written out of the picture. Worth seeing despite this...but not exactly a must-see picture.
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    • Release date
      • December 8, 1944 (Sweden)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Black and White

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