Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Producer/Director Jules White, circa 1939
FALL 2022 - Editor: Gary Lassin
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
- Betty Phares Metcalfe, of Lindsay, LaVerne & Betty, costar of GENTS WITHOUT CENTS (1944)
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
Past and present-day photo tribute to Betty Phares Metcalfe
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 4 - 9
Following up 2019's Moe Howard Estate Auction, held by the Nate Sanders auction house, Moe's family held a 2nd auction in June 2022. Also offered were materials from Norman Maurer's collection, and items included contracts, documents, checks, scripts, personal belongings, comic books and original artwork, and the miscellaneous. Photos of key items are presented.
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 10 - 11
A history of the Shuberts' Broadway show A NIGHT IN SPAIN, starring Ted & Betty Healy, supported by stooges Shemp Howard, Moody Braun, Bobby Pinkus, Lou Warren, and introducing Larry Fine. Covered in detail are the show's tour schedule of 1928, starting with its 4-month Chicago run of November 1927 thru early April 1928. Noteworthy is Larry Fine joining Ted Healy's troupe in late March 1928.
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 12 - 14
- Robert McKenzie
- Betty McMahon
- John Merton
- Gertrude Messinger
- Charles Middleton
Page(s): 15
Fan classified advertisements
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15
Trivia Q&A
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 16
Shemp and his son Mort get their hair cut at the Universal Studios barber shop, 1941.
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