Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released November 16, 1937
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia
63 min. (Feature Film)
63 min. (Feature Film)
Buck Kennedy is a stunt double for the egotistical star of low-budget westerns, Grant Drexel. Carol Stevens, a star whose last four films lost money, has been loaned out by her studio to one of Drexel's westerns. Buck and Carol are attracted to each other, and when Drexel decides to move in on her, he has Buck fired while the film company is on location in a small town. Bank robbers, posing as another film company in the same town, trick Buck into helping them rob the bank by hiring him as an extra. He breaks out of jail to find the real crooks, and Drexel follows him to take credit for the capture.
Shemp's first film for Columbia features him as an Assistant Director, who strikes up a friendship with Buck.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.75/10]
[7.75/10]
Buck Jones
Buck Kennedy
Helen Twelvetrees
Carol Stevens
Grant Withers
Grant Drexel
Dickie Jones
Dickie Stevens
Shemp Howard
Oscar Bush
Warren Jackson
Perry King
Donald Kerr
Movie set crewman
Harry Semels
Tony Papalini
Edward Keane
Lew Wallach
Monte Collins
Freddie Foster
Cliff Lyons
Saloon set brawler
George Plues
Saloon set brawler
George DeNormand
Saloon set brawler
Hank Worden
Saloon set extra
Frank Ellis
Saloon set extra
William McCall
Saloon set extra
Merrill McCormick
Saloon set extra
Slim Whitaker
Sheriff
George Beranger
Hotel clerk
Lester Dorr
Louis Lawson
Eddie Kane
Henry Wescott
Lee Shumway
Carl Dunning
Duke York
Gang member
Bob Woodward
Bank robber
Bill Patton
Jail deputy
Steve Clark
Deputy
Rudy Sooter
Musician
Johnny Luther
Musician
Jimmy Zahner
Boy in movie theater
Roger Daniel
Boy in movie theater
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Bank robbers
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Film crew
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Townspeople
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Stableman
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Saloon set extras
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Kids in movie theater
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Hotel restaurant
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Movie premiere
Ewing Scott
Director
L. G. Leonard
Producer
Monroe Shaff
Story and Screenplay
Joseph Hoffman
Story and Screenplay
Ethel La Blanche
Screenplay
Allen Q. Thompson
Photography
Robert O. Crandall
Film Editor
F. Paul Sylos
Art Director
Thomas A. Carman
Sound Recording
Morris W. Stoloff
Musical Supervisor
Mack V. Wright
Production Manager
Harve Foster
Assistant Director
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