Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
10 min. (1-Reel Sho)
Celebrities attend the Annual Examiner Benefit at the Shrine Auditorium.
The Stooges appear in a bit titled "What to Do With Your Old Phone Books." Moe declares that he has joined a Strongman's Union, and only members can tear telephone books in half. An argument and free-for-all with Larry and Curly ensues, as each tears up a telephone book to Moe's objections.
Articles in The Three Stooges Journal #s 46 (Summer 1988) and 111 (Fall 2004) report the film's details.
Larry and Moe reworked this appearance 30 years later with Joe DeRita and Emil Sitka in THE NEW 3 STOOGES (1965) live-action wraparound "Barbers."
Harriet Parsons
Narrator
Moe Howard
Moe
Larry Fine
Larry
Jerry Howard
Curly
Iris Adrian
Herself
Jimmy Durante
Himself
Henry Armetta
Himself
William Powell
Himself
Wallace Beery
Himself
Una Merkel
Herself
Jean Harlow
Herself
Jackie Cooper
Himself
Vet Boswell
The Boswell Sisters
Connee Boswell
The Boswell Sisters
Martha Boswell
The Boswell Sisters
John Boles
Himself
Victor Jory
Himself
Joan Bennett
Herself
Rose Marie
Herself
Jean Hersholt
Himself
Gene Markey
Himself
Jack Oakie
Himself
George Raft
Himself
Lionel Barrymore
Himself
Lynne Overman
Himself
Tim McCoy
Himself
Darryl F. Zanuck
Himself
Sid Grauman
Himself
George Arliss
Himself
Colleen Moore
Herself
Warner Oland
Himself
Harriet Parsons
Producer
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