Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
94 min. (Feature Film)
Janie (Joan Crawford) is a dancer with a desire for the big-time, but so far can only find work at the Burlesque House. Tod (Franchot Tone), her rich, playboy admirer arranges an interview for her at the Bradley Theater. Gallagher (Clark Gable), the theater director tries to give her the brush-off, but her talent earns her a spot in the show. When Tod throws a cast party, he convinces Janie to marry him if she fails on stage. When the show is suddenly cancelled, (Mr. Bradley being bribed by Tod) Gallagher defiantly puts up his own money to save the show.
Fred Astaire's film debut.
Joan Crawford
Janie Barlow
Clark Gable
Patch Gallagher
Franchot Tone
Tod Newton
Winnie Lightner
Rosie LaRue
Ted Healy
Steve
Larry Fine
Harry, the piano man
Moe Howard
Stage hand
Jerry Howard
Stage hand
Gloria Foy
Vivian Warner
Grant Mitchell
Jasper Bradley, Sr.
Maynard Holmes
Jasper Bradley Jr.
Robert Benchley
Ward King
May Robson
Mrs. Todhunter
Nelson Eddy
Himself
Art Jarrett
Himself
Fred Astaire
Himself
Jack Baxley
Burlesque barker
Harry Leroy
Burlesque patron
Jean Howard
Girl with Tod
Pat Somerset
Tod's friend
Tom Mahoney
Police Sergeant
Frank Hagney
Policeman
Tenen Holtz
Man arrested in burlesque house
Charles Williams
Man arrested in burlesque house
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Judge
Lee Phelps
Bailiff
Blanche Payson
Jail matron
Eve Arden
Marcia
Matt McHugh
Marcia's agent
Jess Mendelson
Choreographer
Charles Sullivan
Taxi driver
Stanley Blystone
Traffic cop
Isabelle Keith
Miss Allen
Florine McKinney
Grace Newton
Sterling Holloway
Pinky
Harry C. Bradley
Pinky's pal
John Sheehan
Pinky's pal
Robert Lees
Cuban nightclub dancer
Charles C. Wilson
Joe, club manager
Bill Elliott
Man in cafe
Victor Potel
Worker
Larry Steers
First nighter
C. Montague Shaw
First nighter
Bonnie Bonnell
Chorus girl
Ruth Moody
Chorus girl
Marion Weldon
Chorus girl
Chicquita Marcia
Chorus girl
Muriel Evans
Chorus girl
Peaches Jackson
Chorus girl
Shirley Chambers
Chorus girl
Fay Estelle
Chorus girl
Lynn Bari
Chorus girl
Shirley Aaronson
Chorus girl
Mary Wilbur
Chorus girl
Veleda Duncan
Chorus girl
Irene Thompson
Chorus girl
Ardelle Unger
Chorus girl
Dale Dee
Chorus girl
Kay Gordon
Chorus girl
Geneva Sawyer
Chorus girl
Lorena Carr
Chorus girl
Miriam Marlin
Chorus girl
Linda Parker
Chorus girl
Esther Brodelet
Chorus girl
May Packer
Chorus girl
Bonita Barker
Chorus girl
Iris Nicholson
Chorus girl
Jean Alden
Chorus girl
Margaret McConnell
Chorus girl
Anita Thompson
Chorus girl
Shirley Deane
Chorus girl
Patsy Lee
Chorus girl
Edith Haskins
Chorus girl
Eleanor Edwards
Chorus girl
Gail Arnold
Chorus girl
Lucille Miller
Chorus girl
Zelda Webber
Chorus girl
Nadine Dore
Chorus girl
Mary Halsey
Chorus girl
Marjorie Timm
Chorus girl
Dalle Dean
Chorus girl
Dorothy Dearing
Chorus girl
Frances Sawyer
Chorus girl
Edna Callahan
Chorus girl
Jackie Page
Chorus girl
Katharine Barnes
Chorus girl
Patsy O'Dea
Chorus girl
Lee Bailey
Chorus girl
Earl Blackwell
Chorus boy
John Fulso
Chorus boy
Wilburn Riviere
Chorus boy
Alan DeAstray
Chorus boy
Lester Ostrander
Chorus boy
Louis Delgado
Chorus boy
Frances Belmont
Chorus boy
Harvey Parry
stunts
Unidentified DANCING LADY 1
Burlesque patrons
Unidentified DANCING LADY 2
Tod's chauffeur
Unidentified DANCING LADY 3
Court attendees
Unidentified DANCING LADY 4
Patch's barber
Unidentified DANCING LADY 5
Bradley's outer office
Unidentified DANCING LADY 6
Party guests
Unidentified DANCING LADY 7
Cuban cafe patron
Unidentified DANCING LADY 8
Nightclub patrons
Unidentified DANCING LADY 9
First nighters
Unidentified DANCING LADY 10
Chorus boys
Unidentified DANCING LADY 11
Chorus girls
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
John W. Considine
Associate Producer
James Warner Bellah
Novel
Allen Rivkin
Screenplay
P. J. Wolfson
Screenplay
Robert Benchley
Screenplay
Oliver T. Marsh
Photography
Margaret Booth
Film Editor
Merrill Pye
Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Interior Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Louis Silvers
Conductor
Burton Lane
Music
Jimmy McHugh
Music
James P. Johnson
Music
Richard Rodgers
Music
Nacio Herb Brown
Music
Lorenz Hart
Lyrics
Harold Adamson
Lyrics
Dorothy Fields
Lyrics
Arthur Freed
Lyrics
W. Donn Hayes
Music Editor
Charles Maxwell
Music Arranger
Maurice De Packh
Music Arranger
Paul Marquardt
Music Arranger
Wayne Allen
Music Arranger
Jack Virgil
Music Arranger
Sammy Lee
Choreographer
Eddie Prinz
Choreographer
Adrian
Gowns
Slavko Vorkapich
Special Effects
Kyme Meade
Assistant Cameraman
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