Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Miscellaneous Appearances
94 min. (Feature Film)
The Three Stooges were scheduled to appear in this movie, produced under the title THE JET SET. According to DVD commentary by Sam Sherman, his original plan was for Moe and Curly Joe to appear with Larry, who would participate even though he was in a wheel chair. When it became clear Larry would not be able by October 1974 (he died in January 1975), Emil Sitka stepped into the third spot as 'Harry,' Larry's brother. The team was signed, but... one week prior to March's shooting date, Moe's lung cancer had progressed and the Stooges backed out; he died in May 1975.
Ben Brewster (Bob Livingston) plans to add gambling to his desert resort Lucky Dollar Ranch, but a group of black-hooded riders begin terrorizing Ben's ranch hands, hijacking trucks delivering the gaming equipment. The stewardesses arrive with charter group of guests, and the Ritz Brothers arrive on the scene as two wanderers who take various handyman jobs around the ranch, e.g., life guards, short order cooks, landscapers. Unofficial hostess for the ranch is Honey Morgan (Yvonne DeCarlo), madame of the nearby Bee Hive brothel. Ranch foreman Trask (Don 'Red' Barry) is Honey's ex-lover, at odds with Ben whom he thinks has a relationship with her. Trask is revealed to viewers as leader of the hooded riders, but there's a bigger joker in the deck who's pulling Trask's strings amidst rumor of oil under the ranch.
An overview of the film's script, as planned for Moe, Curly Joe & Emil, appears in The Three Stooges Journal # 130 (Summer 2009).
The surviving Ritz Brothers, Jimmy and Harry, replaced the Stooges and perform much of their act's well-known schtick, including the precision dance routine, first seen in SING, BABY, SING (1936) costarring Ted Healy.
Yvonne DeCarlo
Honey Morgan
Robert Livingston
Ben Brewster
Jimmy Ritz
Jimmy
Harry Ritz
Harry
Don 'Red' Barry
Trask
Connie Hoffman
Debbie
Regina Carroll
Lori
T. A. King
Barbara
Jon Shank
Sheik
Jerry Mills
Pilot
Irv Saunders
Co-pilot
Lon Bradshaw
Oldtimer
Nicolle Riddell
Jackie
Sheldon Lee
Chuck
Carol Bilger
Chuck's girl
Jack Tyree
Passenger
James Winburn
Passenger
Leonard Geer
Passenger
Barney Gelfan
Passenger
Samuel M. Sherman
Ranch hand
Dan Q. Kennis
Kenny, tennis instructor
Randy Thompson
Vocals
Pat Shannon
Vocals
Al Adamson
Director
Samuel M. Sherman
Producer
Dan Q. Kennis
Executive Producer
Irwin Pizor
Associate Producer
Samuel M. Sherman
Story and Screenplay
John D'Amato
Screenplay
Louis Horvath
Director of Photography
John Winfield
Film Editor
Robert Dietz
Sound Recording
Aaron Nathanson
Re-recording
Roy Kohn
Music Coordinator
Gene Nash
Music and Lyrics
George Moslener
Music and Lyrics
Barry Keenan
Music and Lyrics
Lee Zahler
Original Music
Herman Stein
Original Music
Regina Carroll
Wardrobe
Melanie Levitt
Makeup
Ty Butterworth
Makeup
Jean Peloquin
Hair Stylist
John D'Amato
Assistant Director
Irv Saunders
Production Manager
Mike Ferris
Assistant Cameraman
Michael Mileham
Assistant Cameraman
R. Michael Stringer
Gaffer
Stu Spohn
Gaffer
Robbie McClure
Grip
Jim Salazar
Grip
Jean Clark
Boom
Joe Raymond
Continuity
Bob LeBar
Title Animation
Tony Garcia
Lettering
Steven Jacobson
Post-Production Coordinator
Jan Gershkoff
Production Assistant
Mike Bockman
Production Assistant
Addison Randall
Assistant to Producer
Hedy Dietz
Still Photography
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