Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released June 20, 1946
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia
59 min. (Feature Film)
59 min. (Feature Film)
Law school graduates Clayton Russell (Forrest Tucker) and Lizbeth Ellsworth (Lynn Merrick) have their plans interrupted by the war, but on his return home they set up their new law firm, and hope to marry as soon as they can put $10,000 in the bank. Their friend, and former crook Alexander Pough (Gus Schilling), learns that the couple's mentor B. J. Calhoun (Thurston Hall) has been arrested for corporate embezzlement. Clay and Lynn convince B. J. to become their first client, and begin an investigation to prove that Calhoun's corporate counsel Robert Fluger was behind the crime and frame. Unknown to Pough, the loan shark that he and Mrs. Ellsworth (Cora Witherspoon) borrowed the bail money from actually works for Fluger, who arranges for his henchmen (Shemp Howard, Frank Sully, Ben Welden) to abduct and put the final nail in Calhoun's coffin.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.50/10]
[7.50/10]
Forrest Tucker
Clayton Russell
Lynn Merrick
Lizbeth Ellsworth
Thurston Hall
B. J. Calhoun
Gus Schilling
Alexander Pough
Cora Witherspoon
Abigail Ellsworth
Gerald Mohr
Duke
Shemp Howard
Monk
Frank Sully
Bert
Ben Welden
Moxie
William Forrest
Robert Fluger
Matt Willis
Gus the Muscle
Jeffrey Sayre
Sharpy
John Harmon
Tin Horn
Vernon Dent
Man at graduation
Ernie Adams
Morgue attendant
Eddie Fetherston
Army sergeant
Lew Harvey
Felon
Jack Gordon
Felon
Tommy Kingston
Felon
George Lloyd
Bail bondsman
Charles C. Wilson
Police sergeant
Eddie Dunn
Detective
Pat Flaherty
Detective
Jack Stoney
Detective
Ray Teal
Detective
Cy Malis
Policeman
Charles Perry
Prisoner
Bob Perry
Prisoner
William Kahn
Prisoner
Jack Frack
Drunk
Donna Dax
Girl
Jack Mower
Man with girl
Harry Tenbrook
Man at rooming house
D. Ross Lederman
Director
Ted Richmond
Producer
Harry Essex
Original Play
Ted Thomas
Script
Harry Essex
Script
Hal Smith
Screenplay
George Meehan
Director of Photography
Richard Fantl
Film Editor
Robert Peterson
Art Director
James M. Crowe
Set Decoration
Lambert E. Day
Sound Recording
Mischa K. Bakaleinikoff
Musical Director
Mario Castolnuovo-Tedesco
Original Music
Milton Feldman
Assistant Director
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