Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly Joe
94 min. (Feature Film)
Both a spoof and faithful sequel adaptation of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days, Phileas Fogg III, the great-grandson of Verne's hero, finds himself taking on the same wager as his anecestor. Conman Vickers Cavendish assumes the identity of 'Mr. Stuart,' the original adversary's great-grandson, and along with members of the Reformers Club, bets Phileas III's fortune that he cannot travel the globe in 80 days without the use of his substantial means. But Cavendish is actually using the wager to stage a bank robbery, and frame Fogg for the theft.
Fogg and his three servants Moe, Larry and Curly Joe begin their trip around the world stowing away on a freighter bound for Turkey, where our heroes are captured and detained. But Cavendish and his partner Lory Filch have plans to follow the world travellers and kill them, so their frameup cannot be uncovered. Escaping, Fogg and the Stooges head for India and come to the rescue of a stranded American beauty, Amelia Carter of Council Bluffs IA, with whom Fogg is immediately smitten. Arriving at the palace of the Maharajah of Karengore, they assume the identity of Indian noblemen. Discovering they are wanted men, the boys flee once more, crossing the Chinese border into the hands of the military and accused of being spies. Turning the tables on their Chinese torturers, they're set adrift at sea until they land in Tokyo, and enter the world of Sumo wrestling. With Curly Joe posing as a champion wrestler, the Stooges receive passage to San Francisco for the world sumo wrestling championship bout. But stranded to hitchhike the length of the United States, Fogg, Amelia and the Stooges stowaway in a moving van. Finally, Scotland Yard finally catches up to our heroes... but Cavendish and Filch are laying in wait at London's airport to eliminate our heroes. Can the villains be defeated, and Fogg make it to the Reformers in time to win his wager?
The story incorporates several popular Stooges bits from prior films, including "the Maharajah" routine, and reworking the plot of PUNCH DRUNKS (1934), with Curly Joe turning into a fighting whirlwind everytime he hears the tune Pop Goes the Weasel.
Joe DeRita
Curly Joe
Moe Howard
Moe
Larry Fine
Larry
Jay Sheffield
Phileas Fogg III
Joan Freeman
Amelia Carter
Peter Forster
Vickers Cavendish
Walter Burke
Lory Filch
Maurice Dallimore
Inspector Crotchet
Ramsay Hill
Gatesby
Laurie Main
Carruthers
Mark Harris
Tremble
Colin Campbell
Mr. Willoughby
Richard Devon
Maharajah of Karengore
Anthony Eustrel
Kandu
Gerald Jann
Chinese General
Robert Kino
Charlie Okuma
Curtis Iaukea
Itchy Kitchy
Jack Greening
RCMP Inspector McPherson
Harry Carter
Reformers Club doorman
Emil Sitka
Reformers Club butler
Carl M. Leviness
Reformers Club member
Bert Stevens
Reformers Club member
Tom Symonds
Bowers
Paul Bradley
Bank employee
George Hoagland
Bank employee
Steve Carruthers
Bank customer
Victor Romito
Armored truck guard
Sammy Shack
London dockman
Ron Whelan
Harry
Michael St. Clair
First mate
Clarice Zadagian
Harem dancer
Kanan Awni
Harem dance dunbok player
George Sabbagh
Harem dance oud player
Magda Harout
Hand maiden
David Cadiente
Palace guard
Aki Aleong
Chinese soldier
Kei Thin Chung
Chinese guard
Harold Fong
Chinese Larry
Guy Lee
Chinese Moe
Joe Wong
Chinese Curly Joe
Paul King
Concession stand operator
Phil Arnold
Wrestling referee
Jeffrey Scott
Timmy
Audrey Betz
Timmy's mother
Bill Dyer
Wrestling spectator with bottle
Al Bain
Wrestling spectator
Bobby Gilbert
Wrestling spectator
George Nardelli
Wrestling spectator
Tony Regan
Wrestling spectator
Fred Rapport
Wrestling spectator
Murray Alper
Gus, truck driver
Don Lamond
Bill, truck driver
Ronnie Mason Marino
Cantbreathe
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Reformers Club members
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Pedestrians
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Bank employees
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Turkish policeman
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Turkish dockmen
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Indian thugs
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Palace guards
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Harem girls
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Chinese soldiers
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Japanese onlookers
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Wrestling spectators
Norman Maurer
Producer
Norman Maurer
Director
Norman Maurer
Story
Elwood Ullman
Screenplay
Irving Lippman
Director of Photography
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor
Don Ament
Art Director
James M. Crowe
Set Decorator
Charles J. Rice
Sound Supervisor
William Bernds
Sound
Paul Dunlap
Original Music
George Sabbagh
Music
Grace Kuhn
Costume Design
Ted Tetrick
Costume Design
Joe DiBella
Makeup
Pat Corleto
Assistant Director
Eddie Saeta
Assistant Director
Albert Bettcher
Assistant Cameraman
Richard Albain
Special Effects
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