Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
16.5 min. (Short Subject)
The Stooges' dying father reveals that they are really of noble blood: Larry is the Duke of Durham, Moe the Count of Fife... "and I the Count of Ten?" asks Curly. "No, you're Baron of Greymatter." They go to the court of Queen Anne to protect her from harm, but she's kidnapped while the Stooges put on a wrestling exhibition. The boys manage to escape execution, find the Queen being held captive in the wine cellars and hatch a plan to save the day.
Opening title music is "Entry of the Giants," by Louis Silvers; see The Three Stooges Journal # 87 (Fall 1998).
The castle sets were originally built for THE BLACK ROOM (1935) starring Boris Karloff.
Jerry Howard
Baron of Greymatter
Moe Howard
Count of Fife
Larry Fine
Duke of Durham
Walter Brennan
Father
Billy Franey
Father's servant
Geneva Mitchell
Queen Annie of Anesthesia
Christian J. Frank
Royal Announcer
George Baxter
Prince Boris of Anesthesia
Stanley Blystone
Captain of the Guard
Ernie Young
Boris' henchman
Dorothy King
Brunette trumpeteer
Hilda Title
Blonde trumpeteer
Jack Duffy
Toothless guard
Corinne Williams
Lady of the Court
Marie Wells
Lady of the Court
Eadie Adams
Lady of the Court
Patty Price
Lady of the Court
James Howard
Wrestler
Bud O'Neill
Wrestler
Joe Perry
Guard
Bobby Burns
Guard
William J. Irving
Guard
Lynton Brent
Guard
George Speer
Guard
Charles Dorety
Firing squad guard
Jack Hill
Firing squad guard
Bert Young
Kidnap guard
Dutch Hendrian
Kidnap guard
Al Thompson
Kidnap guard
Ed Brandenburg
Larry's stunt double
Unidentified RESTLESS KNIGHTS 1
Members of the court
Unidentified RESTLESS KNIGHTS 2
Ladies of the court
Unidentified RESTLESS KNIGHTS 3
Firing squad
Jules White
Producer
Charles Lamont
Director
Felix Adler
Story and Screenplay
Benjamin Kline
Photography
William A. Lyon
Film Editor
Louis Silvers
Music
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