Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released August 21, 1936
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
20th Century-Fox
87.8 min. (Feature Film)
87.8 min. (Feature Film)
Aspiring New York radio singer Joan Warren loses her nightclub job, and discovers that agent Nicky Alexander is just as down on his luck. Nicky and assistants Al Craven & Fitz Fitzgerald (Ted Healy & Patsy Kelly) latch onto the reknowned, and perpetually drunk, stage and film star Bruce Farraday (Adolphe Menjou), and fabricate a love affair between him and Joan. Newspaper reporter Ted Blake publicizes the publicity stunt, and paints Joan as a golddigger. She now has the fame she wanted... but for notoriety, not talent. No radio producer is willing to hire her, and Farraday's legal guardian spirits him off to Los Angeles to escape the scandal. Ted realizes his mistake, and joins Nicky, Al and Fitz on a chase to L.A. to find Farraday and save Joan's career.
The feature film debut of the Ritz Brothers; Stooge-nostalgia, when Healy delivers a triple-slap to Al, Harry and Jimmy.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.00/10]
[7.00/10]
Alice Faye
Joan Warren
Adolphe Menjou
Bruce Farraday
Gregory Ratoff
Nicky Alexander
Ted Healy
Al Craven
Patsy Kelly
Fitz
Michael Whalen
Ted Blake
Harry Ritz
Harry
Al Ritz
Al
Jimmy Ritz
Jimmy
Tony Martin
Tony Renaldo
Montagu Love
Robert Wilson
Ernie Stanton
Mac's friend
John Bleifer
Fred, waiter
DeWitt Jennings
Mr. Lee
Stanley Blystone
Kelly
Paul Stanton
Mr. Brewster
Dixie Dunbar
Switchboard operator
Charles Tannen
Budd, station messenger
Dale Van Sickel
Nightclub patron
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub waiter
George Chandler
Intern
Virginia Field
Farraday's nurse
Paul McVey
Doctor
Tom Ricketts
Old man in hospital
Bess Flowers
Nurse
Selmer Jackson
City Editor
Jerry Larkin
Reporter
Eric Wilton
Hotel waiter
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Vissinger
Lester Dorr
Kansas City news vendor
Sam McDaniel
Porter
Jerry Tucker
Wilson's 'son'
Carroll Nye
Announcer
Lynn Bari
Hotel operator
Julius Tannen
Radio station manager
Mary Lange
Chorine
Diane Cook
Chorine
Donna Mae Roberts
Chorine
Wanda Perry
Chorine
June Gale
Chorine
Poppy Wilde
Chorine
Georgia Spence
Chorine
Lillian Porter
Chorine
Pauline Craig
Chorine
Monica Bannister
Chorine
Helen Wood
Chorine
Bonnie Bannon
Chorine
Lucille Miller
Chorine
June Wilkins
Chorine
Clarice Sherry
Chorine
Carol Tevis
Tessie, scene deleted
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 1
Nightclub patrons
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 2
Nightclub chorines
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 4
Girls at audition
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 5
Audition pianist
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 6
Street crowd
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 7
Reporters
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 8
Conductors
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 10
Wilson's 'children'
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 11
Train station
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 12
Hotel maid
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 13
Station messenger
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 14
Radio audience
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 15
Radio orchestra
Unidentified SING, BABY, SING 16
Girls' orchestra
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Associate Producer
Jack Yellen
Story and Screenplay
Milton Sperling
Story and Screenplay
Harry Tugend
Screenplay
J. Peverell Marley
Photography
Barbara McLean
Film Editor
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Arthur von Kirbach
Sound
Luis Royer
Costumes
Louis Silvers
Musical Direction
Richard Whiting
Music
Lew Pollack
Music
Louis Alter
Music
Sidney D. Mitchell
Lyrics
Walter Bullock
Lyrics
Jack Yellen
Lyrics
Fred Fox
Assistant Director
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