<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $5,103,555 </Td> </Tr> <P> Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 20th Century - Fox DeLuxe Color musical - comedy - drama in CinemaScope, directed by Walter Lang . It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, and Richard Eastham . </P> <P> The title is borrowed from the famous song in the stage musical (and MGM film) Annie Get Your Gun . The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Lamar Trotti; and the movie was Fox's first musical in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color . </P> <P> Donald O'Connor later called the film the best picture he ever made . </P>

Who wrote there's no business like show business