Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
21.1 min. (Short Subject)
Joe Palooka's training camp sets up a tent for exhibition shows on a Long Island seaside beach. Likewise the wrestling champ, Strangler Chokeovitch. Knobby, Johnny and Punchy's fooling around incurs Strangler's wrath, and Joe comes to their rescue by knocking the Strangler off his feet. Strangler wants revenge, and Knobby sets up an exhibition bout between them.
Robert Norton
Joe Palooka
Shemp Howard
Knobby Walsh
Beverly Phalon
Ann Howe
Johnny Berkes
Johnny
Lee Weber
Punchy
Pat McClary
Strangler Chokeovitch
Owen Martin
Strangler's manager
Isabel Dwan
Cuddles
Milton Frome
Gambler spectator # 2
Fred Harper
Referee
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 2
Timekeeper
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 3
Ann's maid
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 4
Balloon vendor
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 5
Gambler spectator # 1
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 6
Laughing man and woman
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 7
Angry woman
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 8
Laughing woman
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 9
Training camp spectators
Unidentified THE CHOKE'S ON YOU 10
Fight spectators
Lloyd French
Director
Jack Henley
Story
Eddie Forman
Story
Burnet Hershey
Story
Ray Foster
Photography
Ham Fisher
Characters
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