Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
16.6 min. (Short Subject)
The Stooges go west on vacation for Shemp's health, who has a swollen vein in his leg. At a saloon the boys become acquainted with bar singer Nell, and Shemp begins to tell her about his vein. Doc Barker overhears and thinks Shemp is talking about a hidden vein of gold. The boys learn that Doc Barker stole the Red Dog Saloon from Nell's father, and is holding her two sisters hostage until she agrees to marry him. The Stooges disguise themselves as three southern gentlemen, effect a jailbreak for the girls, and a wild chase with the bad guys is on.
A remake, with stock footage, of OUT WEST (1947). The chase sequence utilizes stock footage from GOOFS AND SADDLES (1937). Stanley Blystone was cast for new scenes, to match his appearance in the 1937 stock footage; he did not appear in OUT WEST.
Shemp Howard
Shemp
Moe Howard
Moe
Larry Fine
Larry
Vernon Dent
Doctor
Heinie Conklin
Bartender
Jim Diehl
Sharpshooter
Jack Norman
Doc Barker
George Chesebro
Quirt
Blackie Whiteford
Pinto
Frank Ellis
Jake
Ruth Godfrey
Belle
Norma Randall
Zell
Stanley Blystone
Pete
Joe Palma
Henchman
Unidentified PALS AND GALS 1
Bar patrons
Unidentified PALS AND GALS 2
Piano player
Unidentified PALS AND GALS 3
Clumsy barfly
Jules White
Producer
Hugh McCollum
Producer, stock footage
Jules White
Director
Edward Bernds
Director, stock footage
Clyde Bruckman
Story
Jack White
Screenplay
Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay, stock footage
Gert Anderson
Director of Photography
George F. Kelley
Photography, stock footage
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor
Paul Borofsky
Film Editor, stock footage
Ross Bellah
Art Director
Charles Clague
Art Director, stock footage
Irving J. Moore
Assistant Director
Sam H. Stept
Music
Ben Oakland
Music
Bob Wright
Music
Paul Mertz
Music
Ned Washington
Music
Jack McTaggert
Music
Chet Forrest
Music
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