Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released January 04, 1936
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
22 min. (Short Subject)
22 min. (Short Subject)
With the wives out of town, two husbands have been living it up a little too much. The apartment's a mess, and the hangover never ends. A phone call from the ladies announcing an early return home leaves Henry and Johnny in a frantic rush to clean up. Efforts are complicated by a vacuum cleaner salesman whose trial model explodes, a loose parakeet, and a cat. The building super's wife comes to the rescue with her cleaner, but the boys manage to lose her dress in the vacuum. Henry and Johnny hide her in a trunk, when their wives and her husband choose that moment to arrive.
Somewhat of a salute to the Hal Roach Studios, this comedy adapts plots from two Laurel and Hardy comedies, HELPMATES (1932) and UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE (1929). The short also features former Laurel & Hardy costar Anita Garvin (BLOTTO, BATTLE OF THE CENTURY) as Shemp's wife. Director Lloyd French once worked for Roach Studios as an Assistant Director and gag writer.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.60/10]
[7.60/10]
Shemp Howard
Henry
Johnny Berkes
Johnny
Anita Garvin
Emma, Henry's wife
Jean Cleveland
Johnny's wife
Fred Harper
Vacuum cleaner salesman
Allyn Drake
Superintendent's wife
Ralph Sanford
Building superintendent
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