Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released September 30, 1933
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
21.2 min. (Short Subject)
21.2 min. (Short Subject)
Fatty Arbuckle plays Wilbur Wart, who receives a letter from an old man who may very well be his Uncle Wart. The old man is sick, and looking for heirs to leave his fortune. While waiting at the depot, Wilbur gets into a fight with a stranger, who turns out to be cousin Harry Wart. Many years ago, a Wart once married a Mole, a family with a history of insanity. If either Wilbur or Harry display any trace of Mole behavior, he will be cut off. When the two cousins arrive at the old man's mansion, they begin angling to gain his favor and inherit the fortune, with Harry trying to frame Wilbur as a Mole. But there may be more (if not less) to Uncle than meets the eye.
Shemp has a non-speaking role as a looney cousin from the Mole side.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.40/10]
[6.40/10]
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Wilbur Wart
Harry Shannon
Harry Wart
Charles Judels
Uncle Wart
Mildred Van Dorn
Nurse
Hugh O'Connell
Dr. Carver
Herschel Mayall
Sanitarium owner
Shemp Howard
Cousin Mole
Suzanne Kaaren
Girl in depot
Marjorie Main
Woman in depot
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 1
1st station master
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 2
2nd station master
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 3
Girls in depot
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 4
Tramps in depot
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 5
Passengers in depot
Unidentified CLOSE RELATIONS 6
Sanitarium patients
Samuel Sax
Producer
Raymond McCarey
Director
Jack Henley
Story
Glen Lambert
Story
Edwin B. DuPar
Photography
David Mendoza
Music
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