Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
9.5 min. (1-Reel Sho)
The Stooges appear during a segment covering the annual Comedians vs. Leading Men baseball game at L.A. Wrigley Field on August 8, 1940, and the subsequent parade. Also featured are stars attending a charity auction, enjoying Ciro's nightclub, and attending the San Fernando Valley Horse Show.
The Stooges attended this annual charity event several times, with documented appearances in 1940 - 1941 (newspaper reports). They may have participated other years as well.
Copyright filing research initially found this previously unlisted short, with the Stooges listed in the credits, as reported in The Three Stooges Journal # 109 (Spring 2004).
Ken Murray
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Jerry Howard
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Moe Howard
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Larry Fine
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Franklin Pangborn
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Ida Lupino
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Phyllis Brooks
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Basil Rathbone
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John Howard
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Hedda Hopper
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Maria Ouspenskaya
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Jack Oakie
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Smiley Burnette
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James Cagney
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Andy Devine
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Jackie Cooper
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Dorothy Lamour
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Robert Montgomery
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Joan Fontaine
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Brian Aherne
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Fay Bainter
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Ralph Forbes
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Freddie Bartholemew
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Martha O'Driscoll
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Bonita Granville
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Forrest Tucker
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Liz Whitney
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Lupe Velez
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Bruce Cabot
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Gene Autry
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Marlene Dietrich
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Helen Parrish
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Ann Rutherford
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Jane Withers
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Dick Purcell
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Edward Norris
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Broderick Crawford
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Dennis Morgan
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Robert Stack
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Frank Albertson
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Paulette Goddard
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Jimmy Durante
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Linda Darnell
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Jack Benny
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Fred Allen
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Vince Barnett
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Larry Simms
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Billy Gilbert
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Adolphe Menjou
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Roy Rogers
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Kay Kyser
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Allen Jenkins
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George Murphy
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Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
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Edward Arnold
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
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Mischa Auer
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Boris Karloff
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Peter Bennett
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