Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released January 14, 1938
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
MGM
73.1 min. (Feature Film)
73.1 min. (Feature Film)
Actress Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee (Gladys George) has had several Broadway flops. Her ex-flame Peter Lawrence (Franchot Tone), a successful New York entertainment columnist seems determined to bury her career, but is actually panning her bad career choices to push her in the right direction. Peter learns that a childhood friend was just killed in an accident, and tracks down the orphaned children (Mickey Rooney and Virginia Weidler). In an attempt to keep them from going to an orphanage, he uses his weekly radio broadcast to ask for adoptive parent applicants. Charlie's publicist Jimmy Slattery (Ted Healy) cooks up a stunt to have her adopt the kids, and after a rough introduction, she comes to love them. But Peter is convinced that it's all still a promotional gimmick, and even though he and Charlie still have deep feelings for each other, the two wind up battling each other for the kids' best interests.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.00/10]
[6.00/10]
Franchot Tone
Peter Lawrence
Gladys George
Charlotte ''Charlie'' Lee
Mickey Rooney
Mike O'Toole
Virginia Weidler
Jake O'Toole
Ted Healy
Jimmy Slattery
Ralph Morgan
Reggie Odell
Frank Jenks
Joe Cannon
Jessie Ralph
Sheriff Janet Winfield
Henry Kolker
Sam Ellinger
June Brewster
Betty Bartholemew
Howard C. Hickman
Editor Williams
Julius Tannen
Mr. Hillier
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Warden
Oscar O'Shea
Pop Sheeman
Edgar Dearing
Det. Reardon
Robert Middlemass
Police Commissioner
Leyland Hodgson
George, Odell's chauffeur
Chester Gan
Louie, Peter's butler
Barnett Parker
Hotchkiss, Charlie's butler
Fay Holden
Mary, Peter's secretary
Blossom Rock
Hillier's secretary
Richard Cramer
Process server
Sidney Bracey
Waiter
Sam Ash
Headwaiter
Jack Norton
Club 44 bartender
Lillian Read
Hat check girl
Phillip Terry
Club 44 radio announcer
Ernie Alexander
Johnson, reporter
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Gil Patric
Reporter
Don Brodie
Reporter
Jules Cowles
Hotel doorman
Chester Clute
Pants salesman
Jim Farley
Plainclothesman
Bea Nigro
Elegant woman on dock
Leigh De Lacey
O'Toole neighbor
George Billings
Mike's friend
Leonard Kibrick
Mike's friend
Buster Slaven
Mike's friend
Richard Thorpe
Director
Frederick Stephani
Producer
Louis Heifetz
Story
Herbert Klein
Story
Harry Ruskin
Screenplay
William R. Lipman
Screenplay
Marion Parsonnet
Screenplay
John F. Seitz
Photography
Conrad A. Nervig
Film Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
Joseph C. Wright
Associate Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Associate Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Edward Ward
Musical Score
Franz Waxman
Music
Adrian
Gowns
Tom Andre
Assistant Director
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