I don''t know what people find in this movie and the song "When you want something you don't want it" or i don't know what it is is really horrbile
Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Ethel Merman
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus there three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family acts begins to fall apart.
DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002
Stats: 169 reviews
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August 28, 2007
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December 25, 2007
enjoyable when it comes to Monroe, but tiring with the repeat of the vaudevillian Donohues... nice but not enough.
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November 21, 2009
glitzy, shallow, loud and a whole lot of fun except when johnnie ray is on screen.
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September 30, 2009
I give this movie 3 stars only because of Marilyn Monroe. She really doesn't belong in this movie. She seems so much more modern than the rest of the cast that it seems she must of come out of some kind of time warp, but as usual, once she's grabbed the camera, she doesn't let go...( read more)
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June 7, 2008
this is one fantastic movie!!! Merman's great! there's no unique voice like ethel merman. marilyn's lovely as usual (she's so aware about how people think of her, and she made use of this knowledge to her advantage....she, being no plain dumb blonde), and has such fine timing a...( read more)
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May 26, 2008
A wonderful old film for a rainy bank holiday weekend - if you like musicals that is!
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April 11, 2008
Marilyn Monroe is exactly everything that I despise in celebrities and the opposite sex. Her life was always about being noticed for her body, and she would do anything to be noticed and to be rich. She is most famous for having an affair with who I deem to be the worst presid...( read more)
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