Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released January 03, 1941
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal Pictures
62 min. (Feature Film)
62 min. (Feature Film)
Daredevil newsreel photographer Dick McManus and his partner Andy Tompkins always manage to turn in headline-making footage, but often at the expense of Mercury News Reel's owner Mr. Momsen, Dick's girlfriend newswire stenographer Norma, and rival reporter Bradford (Vinton Haworth). Dick and Andy sneak film footage of the government's secure new dam, and Axis agents are determined to get their hands on it to plan a sabotage attack.
Shemp Howard cameos as a drunk pickpocket, a cellmate of Dick's and Andy's after their antics at a government aerial demonstration land them in jail.
Another entry in Universal's attempt to create an Arlen & Devine series.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.50/10]
[7.50/10]
Richard Arlen
Dick McManus
Andy Devine
Andy Tompkins
Dorothy Lovett
Norma Bishop
Mildred Shay
Agnes
Tim Ryan
Mr. Momsen
Janet Shaw
Gwendy
Vinton Hayworth
Bradford
Ralf Harolde
R. W. Ritter
Richard Terry
Berko
Gus Schilling
Aloyicious Grimshaw
William Forrest
FBI Agent Chandler
Robert Winkler
Mopey
Walter Soderling
Prof. Cordall
Edwin Stanley
Airline official
Shemp Howard
Pickpocket
Edward Peil, Sr.
Jail guard
Charles Smith
Johnny, copy boy
Frank Brownlee
Farmer
Frank Mitchell
Foreign assassin
Hugh Huntley
Duke
Dora Clement
Duchess
Maria Montez
Bathing beauty
Arthur O'Connell
Airplane pilot
Eddie Bruce
Joe Myers
Gladys Blake
Maggie
Dick Wessel
Simmons
James C. Morton
Exposition guard
Jack C. Smith
Dam guard
Victor Zimmerman
Dam guard
Kathryn Sheldon
Aunt Malinda
Guy Kingsford
Joe, photo lab man
J. Paul Jones
Cassidy
Lew Kelly
Process server
David Oliver
Carter
Roger Halliday
Policeman
Lew Landers
Director
Ben Pivar
Producer
Sam Robins
Original Story
Alex Gottlieb
Screenplay
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
Edward Curtiss
Film Editor
Jack Otterson
Art Director
Ralph M. DeLacy
Associate Art Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
Hal Bumbaugh
Sound Technician
Hans J. Salter
Musical Director
Charles Previn
Original Music
Vera West
Gowns
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Maurice E. Wright
Dialogue Director
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