Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
16 min. (Short Subject)
It is only after their nuptials that Moe, Larry & Shemp discover that the Noonan brothers had taken a liking to the wives during the Stooges' recent absence, and vowed to kill our heroes if the weddings occurred. After the Justice of the Peace leaves, the Stooges are stalked by the Noonan brothers and a slapstick gunfight showdown ensues.
A spoof of Stanley Kramer's Oscar winning HIGH NOON (1952), an independent production distributed by Columbia, which filmed on Columbia Ranch's western street in Burbank. The same western outdoor Ranch set was used for this short subject, appearing in prior Three Stooges western short comedies as well as 1965's feature THE OUTLAWS IS COMING.
Costar Diana Darrin ('Stella') was interviewed at the 2006 Fan Club Meeting in Fort Washington PA. Her interview appears in The Three Stooges Journal # 118 (Summer 2006). Earlier, Ms. Darrin was a guest of the 1993 Three Stooges Convention in Philadelphia, see Journal # 67 (Fall 1993). Ms. Darrin also participated in the 3 Stooges Costar Reunion on 2/17/07 in Burbank CA,
Larry Fine
Larry
Shemp Howard
Shemp
Moe Howard
Moe
Emmett Lynn
Lem
Diana Darrin
Stella
Vivian Mason
Ella
Ruth Godfrey
Bella
Emil Sitka
Justice of the Peace
Wanda Perry
Wedding witness
Harold Breen
Wedding witness
Kenneth MacDonald
Bill Noonan
Joe Palma
Jack Noonan
Mort Mills
Dick Noonan
Jules White
Producer
Jules White
Director
Felix Adler
Story and Screenplay
Ray Cory
Director of Photography
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor
George Brooks
Art Director
Abner Singer
Assistant Director
Hans Sommer
Music
Felix Adler
Lyrics
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