Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT
Air Date/Released | Saturday, May 24, 1941 |
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Station/Studio | Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies |
Gag-riddled spoof of Hollywood celebrities enjoying a night at Ciro's nightclub. Among the caricatured stars are Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson, Johnny Weismuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, George Raft, Harpo Marx, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Clark Gable, Sonia Heinie, Tyrone Power, Oliver Hardy, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone, Sally Rand, Kay Kyser, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Wallace Beery, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Boris Karloff, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton, Mischa Auer, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna and Groucho Marx.
The Three Stooges engage in a poke and slap routine, in tune to the orchestra's conga music.
Crew: Tex Avery (Director), Melvin Millar (Story), Rod Scribner, Bob McKimson, Virgil Ross (Animators), Carl Stalling (Music)
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