Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released December 23, 1934
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
MGM
84 min. (Feature Film)
84 min. (Feature Film)
Ted Healy was cast in the film, shot some scenes, but does not appear in the released product. The Breen office did not approve of the film's treatment of a love affair, and requested edits and reshot scenes. As a result, several actors' scenes were left on the cutting room floor, Healy and Ed Brophy among them.
Jeff Williams (Clark Gable) returns from several years in Europe, to propose to the woman he loves, Mary Clay (Joan Crawford). But it's the eve of her wedding to the man she's loved since childhood, Dillon Todd (Robert Montgomery). Enter a woman that Dillon once had an affair with, and Mary is heartbroken to learn that she's been left at the altar. Leaning on Jeff for strength and friendship, Mary is oblivious to his feelings. When she discovers that the Todds' marriage is not a happy one, Dill and Mary begin an illicit relationship. The vindictive Mrs. Todd is determined to embarrass Mary publicly, and Jeff steps in to save Mary and Dill's reputations in spite of his feelings. But, maybe he'll learn that nice guys can finish first.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.00/10]
[7.00/10]
Joan Crawford
Mary Clay
Clark Gable
Jeff Williams
Robert Montgomery
Dillon 'Dilly' Todd
Billie Burke
Aunt Paula
Frances Drake
Connie Barnes Todd
Rosalind Russell
Eleanor
Greta Meyer
Bella, Mary's masseuse
Robert Milasch
Man at dock terminal
Tom Ricketts
Wiffens, Mary's butler
Louise Henry
Party guest
Jay Eaton
Party guest
Eddie Phillips
Party guest
Edward Hearn
Party guest
Oliver Cross
Party guest
Kane Richmond
Party guest
Arthur Treacher
Johnson, Dill's butler
Clarence H. Wilson
Hotel manager
Perry Ivins
Hotel employee
Ernie Alexander
Telegram messenger
Harold Huber
Mr. Frankenstein
Jan Duggan
Mrs. Cobal
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Gordon
Lester Dorr
William A. Reedy
Pat Flaherty
Turkish bath attendant
Sidney Bracey
Paula's chauffeur
Ted Healy
scene deleted
Forrester Harvey
scene deleted
Lillian Harmer
scene deleted
Hooper Atchley
scene deleted
Margaret Bert
scene deleted
Edward Brophy
scene deleted
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 1
Dock policeman
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 2
Flower vendor
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 3
Balloon vendor
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 4
Shoeshine boy
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 5
Peanut vendor
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 6
Mary's maid
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 7
Connie's maid
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 8
Hotel onlookers
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 9
Hairdresser
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 10
Chauffeur
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 11
Mrs. Reedy
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 12
Ship steward
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 13
Dock terminal
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 14
Party guests
Unidentified FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 15
Reception guests
W. S. Van Dyke
Director
Bernard H. Hyman
Producer
Edward Barry Roberts
Original Play
Frank Morgan Cavett
Original Play
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Gregg Toland
Photography
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George J. Folsey
Photography
Tom Held
Film Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Associate Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
William Axt
Original Music
Ludovic Halevy
Librettist
Henri Meilhac
Librettist
Adrian
Gowns
Edward Woehler
Assistant Director
Frank Davis
Assistant Producer
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