Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released February 28, 1946
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia
74 min. (Feature Film)
74 min. (Feature Film)
In this backstage musical comedy, a Broadway producer knows that his latest show will be a hit, but before he can stage it, he must come up with financial backing. First he tries to marry for money. When that fails he goes to a professional gambler and that is where the trouble really begins.
~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Shemp was paid $750 for this film.
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Hillary Brooke
Nina Mallory
Bob Stanton
Edgar Raleigh
Sheldon Leonard
Trigger Stazzi
Shemp Howard
Marty
Dusty Anderson
Marian Rand
Jimmy Lloyd
Jimmy Drake
Chester Clute
Quackenbush
Dan Stowell
Fothergill
Osa Massen
Chincilla
Jack George
Boris
Earle S. Dewey
Waldon
Alphonse Martell
Captain
Frank Sully
Taxi driver
Ernie Adams
Justice of the Peace
Charles Cane
Immigration officer
Doris Houck
PBX operator
Gladys Blake
PBX operator
David Bond
Author
Jack Frack
Creditor
Milton Kibbee
Creditor
Virginia Vann
Chorus girl
Cy Schindell
Stagehand
P. J. Kelly
Doorman
Victor Travers
Doorman
Cy Malis
Proprietor
William Haade
Officer
Edgar Dearing
Officer
George Eldredge
Official
Hans Conried
Desk clerk
Billy Benedict
Bellboy
Mary Field
Maid
George Sherman
Director
Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Producer
John B. Clymer
Original Story
Robert Wyler
Story and Screenplay
Richard Weil
Screenplay
Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Gene Havlick
Film Editor
Jerome Pycha, Jr.
Art Director
James M. Crowe
Set Decoration
Frank Goodwin
Sound Director
Mario Silva
Musical Director
Chris Beute
Assistant Director
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