Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
21.75 min. (Short Subject)
Slim's (Fatty Arbuckle) first day of work at Mr. Schultz's bakery coincides with Toots and his gang of racketeers paying a protection visit to Schultz. Turned down, Toots (Lionel Stander) and his henchman Bug (Shemp Howard) sneak into the kitchen and leave a bomb inside one of the cakes, but it's Toots' birthday and his moll Mazie winds up buying that same cake. After the cake explodes during the party, the gang heads for Schultz's and starts a wild dough and pie throwing melee with Slim.
Production wrapped on June 29. 'Fatty' Arbuckle died later that night.
Dan Coleman
Mr. Schultz
Marie Marion
Bakery clerk
Lionel Stander
Toots
Shemp Howard
Bug
Gracie Worth
Mazie
Fred Harper
Mr. Smith
Ralph Sanford
1st cop
Lawrence O'Sullivan
Henchman
Unidentified IN THE DOUGH 1
Job applicant
Unidentified IN THE DOUGH 2
Henchman
Unidentified IN THE DOUGH 3
Girlfriends
Unidentified IN THE DOUGH 4
Customers
Unidentified IN THE DOUGH 5
Policemen
Raymond McCarey
Director
Samuel Sax
Producer
Jack Henley
Story
Edwin B. DuPar
Photography
David Mendoza
Music
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