Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released December 01, 1960
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Paramount
91 min. (Feature Film)
91 min. (Feature Film)
Joe Besser is not credited, but he worked with Frank Tashlin on the screenplay as gag contributor.
Adaptation of the Cinderella fable. Jerry Lewis plays Fella, living in the Bel-Air mansion left to his stepmother (Dame Judith Anderson) by his father. Treated as a servant by his stepmother and her two playboy sons Rupert and Maximilian, the bumbling and simple-minded Fella lives a harsh life. The stepfamily suspects that Fella's father left him a secret fortune, hidden somewhere on the estate, the only reason they don't throw him out. Fella's fairy godfather (Ed Wynn) comes to his aid when the visiting Princess Charmaine comes to America in search of a husband. Rupert and Maximilian are determined to wed her money, but the Fairy convinces Fella that he has the stuff to win her heart, turning him into a polished gentleman for an appearance at the Princess' society ball. Of course Midnight comes early, but love wins out when Charmaine comes looking for Fella, with the patent leather loafer he lost the night before.
The Bel-Air mansion used in CINDERFELLA became a television icon two years later, as the Clampett mansion on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
Jerry commissioned Norman Rockwell to do the film's promotional art.
Avg. Rating: 
[3.50/10]
[3.50/10]
Jerry Lewis
Fella
Dame Judith Anderson
Stepmother
Ed Wynn
Fairy Godfather
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Princess Charmaine
Henry Silva
Maximilian
Robert Hutton
Rupert
Stephen Hammer
Maximilian, as a boy
Richard Klein
Rupert, as a boy
Del Moore
Radio announcer
Ann Dore
Lady-in-waiting
Nola Thorp
Cinderella
Stephen Jay
Jack
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Themselves
Joe Williams
Vocalist
Norman Leavitt
Golden chauffeur
Brad Brown
Ball guest
George Holmes
Ball guest
Boyd Cabeen
Ball guest
Kathie Browne
scene deleted
Robert Jordan
Reporter
Hal Bell
stunt double, Jerry Lewis
Barry Gordon
Fella as a boy, scene deleted
Alan Reed
Fella's father, scene deleted
Milton Frome
Butler, scene deleted
Unidentified CINDERFELLA 1
NBC news crew
Unidentified CINDERFELLA 2
Greeting committee
Unidentified CINDERFELLA 3
Ball guests
Frank Tashlin
Director
Jerry Lewis
Producer
Ernest D. Glucksman
Associate Producer
Frank Tashlin
Screenplay
Joe Besser
Screenplay
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Arthur P. Schmidt
Film Editor
Henry Bumstead
Art Director
Hal Pereira
Art Director
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Gene Merritt
Sound Recording
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recording
Walter Scharf
Musical Score
Jack Brooks
Songs
Harry Warren
Songs
Nick Castle
Choreographer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sy Devore
Wardrobe
John A. Anderson
Wardrobe
Nat Wise
Wardrobe
Ruth Stella
Wardrobe
Rita Bennett
Makeup
Wally Westmore
Makeup
Nellie Manley
Hair Stylist
C. C. Coleman
Assistant Director
William Davidson
Production Manager
Jack Mintz
Assistant Producer
James Knott
Camera Operator
James Grant
Assistant Cameraman
Betty J. Lane
Assistant Film Editor
John P. Fulton
Photographic Effects
Farciot Edouart
Process Photography
Howard Kelly
Gaffer
Walter Newman
Grip
Darrell Turnmire
Grip
Joe Schuster
Electrical
Mickey Finn
Technical Advisor
Richard Mueller
Technicolor Consultant
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor
Jack Mintz
Dialogue Director
Mal Bulloch
Still Photography
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