

Show Business(1944)
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!
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

Movie: Show Business
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