Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released March 09, 1950
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Columbia
16.67 min. (Short Subject)
16.67 min. (Short Subject)
Rodney Marblehead's (Joe Besser) draft notice places him in Sgt. Flint's (Dick Wessel) platoon. Flint continually winds up on the receiving end of Rodney's bumbling, leading to a bet with Sgt. Good, who claims that if Marblehead is coddled he will wind up on a promotion list within 1 month. Flint tries to hold his temper, but Rodney still manages to wind up on KP where he accidentally dumps glue into the mess hall's soup. Adding to Flint's woes are Rodney's great dane Homer, who misses his master and follows him to the Army camp, interrupting the platoon's training exercises and sleep.
DIZZY YARDBIRD was originally written as WHAT A SOLDIER!, an unproduced 1941 short intended for Buster Keaton. It went thru additional drafts in Nov. 1942 and Jan. 1943 before being shelved over potential complaints from the War Dept. Post-war, Jules White dusted it off and assigned it to Joe Besser.
Later reworked with stock footage as G. I. DOOD IT (1955), also starring Joe Besser.
Avg. Rating: 
[5.25/10]
[5.25/10]
Joe Besser
Pvt. Rodney Marblehead
Dick Wessel
Sergeant Flint
Brian O'Hara
Master Sgt. Good
Emil Sitka
Private
Nick Arno
Private
Johnny Kascier
Private
Jim Brown
Private
Bill Wallace
Captain
Johnny Kascier
Besser's stand-in
Unidentified DIZZY YARDBIRD 2
Privates
Jules White
Director
Jules White
Producer
Felix Adler
Story and Screenplay
Lester H. White
Director of Photography
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor
Charles Clague
Art Director
Carter DeHaven Jr.
Assistant Director
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