Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
54 min. (TV Special)
Actor and MC Ken Murray hosts a compilation of his Hollywood paparazzi home movies, 1927 - early 1960s. Produced for television syndication, it also had some theatrical bookings. It originally aired as a segment of THE DUPONT SHOW OF THE WEEK.
The Three Stooges appear performing at a celebrity baseball game at L.A.'s Wrigley Field. Most footage was previously released as segments of Columbia's SCREEN SNAPSHOTS short subject series.
This film, and HOLLYWOOD WITHOUT MAKEUP (1963), were edited into shorts for TV in the 1970s under the syndication title of KEN MURRAY'S SHOOTING STARS.
Ken Murray
Host and narrator
Jerry Howard
Himself
Moe Howard
Himself
Larry Fine
Himself
Jimmy Durante
Himself
Sid Grauman
Himself
Harriet Nelson
Herself
Dick Powell
Himself
Ralph Bellamy
Himself
Ben Alexander
Himself
Lew Cody
Himself
Will Rogers
Himself
Charles Bickford
Himself
Randolph Scott
Himself
Carole Lombard
Herself
Jack Oakie
Himself
Richard Arlen
Himself
Lew Ayres
Himself
Dolores Costello
Herself
Jean Harlow
Herself
Gary Cooper
Himself
Gloria Swanson
Herself
Janet Gaynor
Herself
Charles Farrell
Himself
Monte Blue
Himself
Myrna Loy
Herself
Tom Mix
Himself
Sally Blane
Herself
John Barrymore
Himself
Charlie Chaplin
Himself
Syd Chaplin
Himself
Mary Pickford
Herself
Douglas Fairbanks
Himself
Edgar Bergen
Himself
Charles A. Lindbergh
Himself
Freeman F. Gosden
Himself
Charles J. Correll
Himself
Cary Grant
Himself
Rudy Vallee
Himself
Marie Dressler
Herself
Rudolph Valentino
Himself
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Himself
Clark Gable
Himself
Baby Leroy
Himself
Maurice Chevalier
Himself
Alison Skipworth
Herself
W. C. Fields
Himself
Bing Crosby
Himself
David Butler
Himself
Allyn Joslyn
Himself
El Brendel
Himself
Jimmy Thomson
Himself
Viola Dana
Herself
Bob Hope
Himself
Leslie Howard
Himself
Russ Columbo
Himself
Johnny Mack Brown
Himself
Spencer Tracy
Himself
James Gleason
Himself
Robert Cummings
Himself
Mary Astor
Herself
Betty Grable
Herself
Glenn Ford
Himself
Sonny Tufts
Himself
Charlie Ruggles
Himself
Frances Heflin
Herself
Van Heflin
Himself
Ward Bond
Himself
Boris Karloff
Himself
Susan Hayward
Herself
Jon Hall
Himself
Lou Costello
Himself
Errol Flynn
Himself
Marie Wilson
Herself
Tyrone Power
Himself
Robert Stack
Himself
Bette Davis
Herself
Eddie Cantor
Himself
Andy Russell
Himself
Frank Sinatra
Himself
Jane Russell
Herself
Burt Lancaster
Himself
Mickey Rooney
Himself
Jack Carson
Himself
Gary Crosby
Himself
Phillip Crosby
Himself
Lindsay Crosby
Himself
Verna Raymond
Herself
Elizabeth Taylor
Herself
Eddie Fisher
Himself
Pat Boone
Himself
Thomas Mitchell
Himself
Jayne Mansfield
Herself
Mickey Hargitay
Himself
Jack Lemmon
Himself
James Stewart
Himself
Gloria Stewart
Herself
Frank Capra
Himself
Hope Lange
Herself
Randy Van Horne Singers
Theme Vocal
William Martin
Director
William Martin
Producer
Royal Foster
Writer
Ken Murray
Film Collection
Ken Murray
Film Editor
George Stoll
Musical Director
George Stoll
Music Composer
Reg Browne
Music Editor
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
Gerald Wilson
Orchestrator
Fred Katz
Orchestrator
Calvin Jackson
Orchestrator
George Stoll
Theme Music
Royal Foster
Theme Lyrics
Bette Lou Murray
Assistant Camera
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