Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
78 min. (Feature Film)
A compilation of clips from various Stooges shorts with Moe, Larry and Curly, intermixed with new footage featuring Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. The clips present classic moments from OILY TO BED, OILY TO RISE (1939), HOW HIGH IS UP? (1940), VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY (1938), SOCK-A-BYE BABY (1942), HIGHER THAN A KITE (1943), WHAT'S THE MATADOR? (1942), GOOFS AND SADDLES (1937), CALLING ALL CURS (1939), MICRO-PHONIES (1945), A PLUMBING WE WILL GO (1940) and HALF WITS HOLIDAY (1947).
Jerry Howard
Curly
Moe Howard
Moe
Larry Fine
Larry
Paul Winchell
Himself
Paul Winchell
Jerry Mahoney
Paul Winchell
Knucklehead Smiff
Joe Bolton
Officer Joe Bolton
June Foray
Voice, Marquis Chimps
Alan Reed
Voice, Marquis Chimps
The Marquis Chimps
Themselves
Edmund Cobb
archive footage
Bert Young
archive footage
George Lloyd
archive footage
Charlie Phillips
archive footage
Vernon Dent
archive footage
Cy Schindell
archive footage
Ed Brandenburg
archive footage
Chet Brandenburg
archive footage
Al Thompson
archive footage
Alex Novinsky
archive footage
Sam Adams
archive footage
Pat Gleason
archive footage
Joyce Gardner
archive footage
Bud Jamison
archive footage
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
archive footage
Clarence Straight
archive footage
Julie Gibson
archive footage
Duke York
archive footage
Paul Ellis
archive footage
Eddie Laughton
archive footage
Harry Burns
archive footage
Isabelle LaMal
archive footage
Dorothy Moore
archive footage
Ethelreda Leopold
archive footage
Robin Raymond
archive footage
Beatrice Blinn
archive footage
Lynton Brent
archive footage
Beatrice Curtis
archive footage
Libby Taylor
archive footage
Stanley Blystone
archive footage
Blackie Whiteford
archive footage
Ethan Laidlaw
archive footage
Jerome 'Blackjack' Ward
archive footage
Ted Lorch
archive footage
Christine McIntyre
archive footage
John Tyrrell
archive footage
Fred Kelsey
archive footage
Gino Corrado
archive footage
Heinie Conklin
archive footage
Judy Malcolm
archive footage
Symona Boniface
archive footage
Sam Flint
archive footage
Chester Conklin
archive footage
Frank Mayo
archive footage
Bess Flowers
archive footage
Dudley Dickerson
archive footage
Helen Godwin
archive footage
Larry Steers
archive footage
Jay Eaton
archive footage
Edmund Mortimer
archive footage
Wilson Benge
archive footage
Helen Dickson
archive footage
Mary Forbes
archive footage
Barbara Slater
archive footage
Johnny Kascier
archive footage
Emil Sitka
archive footage
Victor Travers
archive footage
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 2
Diner patrons
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 3
Policeman
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 4
Truck driver
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 6
Chauffeur
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 9
Girl in hallway
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 11
Party guests
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 12
Party guests
Unidentified STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH 13
Party guests
Jules White
Director
Don Appell
Director, Winchell sequences
Lou Brandt
Director, CINDERELLA sequence
Harry A. Romm
Producer
Sid Kuller
Producer, CINDERELLA sequence
Sid Kuller
Screenplay
William O. Steiner
Director of Photography
Jerome Thoms
Film Editor
Robert Bryer
Art Director
Mischa K. Bakaleinikoff
Original Music
George Duning
Original Music and Lyrics
Stanley Styne
Original Music and Lyrics
Heinz Roemheld
Music
C. E. Wheeler
Music
Sid Kuller
Music
John Leipold
Music
Milton Feldman
Assistant Director
Martha Vera Romm
Assistant Producer
Marty Roth
Asst. Producer, Winchell sequences
Del Lord
Director, stock footage
Edward Bernds
Director, stock footage
Charley Chase
Director, stock footage
Jules White
Director, stock footage
Jules White
Producer, stock footage
Del Lord
Producer, stock footage
Hugh McCollum
Producer, stock footage
Charley Chase
Producer, stock footage
Thea Goodan
Writer, stock footage
Monte Collins
Writer, stock footage
Edward Bernds
Writer, stock footage
Jack White
Writer, stock footage
Elwood Ullman
Writer, stock footage
Searle Kramer
Writer, stock footage
Al Giebler
Writer, stock footage
Clyde Bruckman
Writer, stock footage
Felix Adler
Writer, stock footage
Saul Ward
Writer, stock footage
Zion Myers
Writer, stock footage
Allen G. Siegler
Photography, stock footage
George F. Kelley
Photography, stock footage
L. W. O'Connell
Photography, stock footage
Benjamin Kline
Photography, stock footage
Glen Gano
Photography, stock footage
Jerome Thoms
Film Editor, stock footage
Charles Nelson
Film Editor, stock footage
Paul Borofsky
Film Editor, stock footage
Arthur Seid
Film Editor, stock footage
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor, stock footage
Henry Batista
Film Editor, stock footage
Mario Castolnuovo-Tedesco
Music, stock footage
Walter Samuels
Music, stock footage
Heinz Roemheld
Music, stock footage
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