Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released February 14, 1941
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
60 min. (Feature Film)
60 min. (Feature Film)
Scatter-brained investment broker Hugh Mansfield (Hugh Herbert) learns that he's losing money for his clients. And, his charitable contributions and bankrolling of the neighborhood kids' newspaper has drained half of his nephew's trust fund... a $10 million trust that must be paid off the next day on nephew's wedding day. Hoping to stay out of jail, Mansfield has himself committed to a sanitarium in hope that he can plead insanity. Mixups ensue when nephew John Mansfield is mistaken for his uncle, and escapes with a nurse into the hands of a couple gambling racketeers (Shemp Howard & Richard Lane), who hold him for a ransom that Hugh can't pay.
Avg. Rating: 
[7.50/10]
[7.50/10]
Hugh Herbert
Hugh Mansfield
Lewis Howard
John Mansfield
Jeanne Kelly
Madge Reilly
Kathryn Adams
Gloria Mitchell
Richard Lane
Slugs Bennett
Shemp Howard
Stinky Fink
Anne Nagel
Miss Burke
Hobart Cavanaugh
Juniper
Iris Adrian
Switchboard operator
Stella LeSaint
Widow
Fred Walburn
Newsboy
Lawrence Gleason Jr.
Newsboy
Conrad Binyon
Newsboy
Harry Harvey Jr.
Newsboy
Buster Phelps
Newsboy
Dix Davis
Newsboy
Martin Spellman
Champ
Eddie Hall
Office worker
Donnie Dunagan
Little boy
Harry Burns
Balloon vendor
Charles Coleman
Mansfield's butler
Ralph T. Brooks
Attendant
Lester Dorr
Taxi driver
Buddy Pepper
Bellboy
Riley Hill
Sanitarium desk clerk
Harry Semels
Man in sanitarium
Andrew Tombes
Revello
Charles Halton
Dr. Stephanowsky
Emmett Vogan
Dr. Bergenson
Edward Earle
Dr. Allen
Billy Engle
Plumber
Arthur 'Pat' West
Gas station attendant
Dewey Robinson
Slot machine rigger
Jerry Jerome
Slats
Bob Pepper
Handsome
Don Rowan
Mug
David Oliver
Mug
Ken Christy
Mug
Duke York
Mug
Alec Craig
Justice of the Peace
William Alston
Costume clerk
Charles Miller
'George Washington'
Douglas Wright
Horse act specialty
Ray Cooke
2nd taxi driver
Edward Gargan
Officer Muldoon
Michael Gaddis
Policeman
Harry Tenbrook
Electrician
James Clemens
Customer
Edward F. Cline
Director
Ken Goldsmith
Producer
Otis Garrett
Original Story
Hal Hudson
Original Story
Alex Gottlieb
Screenplay
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Milton Carruth
Film Editor
Jack Otterson
Art Director
Harold MacArthur
Associate Art Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
Hal Bumbaugh
Sound Technician
Hans J. Salter
Musical Director
Hans J. Salter
Original Music
Frank Skinner
Original Music
Charles Henderson
Original Music
Vera West
Gowns
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