Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released November 24, 1955
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Columbia
16 min. (Short Subject)
16 min. (Short Subject)
A gorilla escapes from the zoo and prowls the city rooftops, enters Mrs. Van Sickle's apartment, and makes off with her diamond necklace. Wide Awake Detective Agency investigators Besser and Hawthorne answer the call for help, and trail the suspect to an antique dealer's offices in the same building. Thinking it's a crook in disguise, the boys confront the "chiminey-pansy," just as two antique thieves enter the scene.
A remake of FRAIDY CAT (1951), with stock footage, which itself was a remake of The Three Stooges' DIZZY DETECTIVES (1943).
Some sources credit Dan Blocker as the gorilla in new footage. That may not be true. The gorilla suit is the Corrigan/Calvert suit, and would not have fit Blocker. Onscreen, even in a hunched position, the actor in the suit does not appear tall enough to be Blocker.
Avg. Rating: 
[4.00/10]
[4.00/10]
Joe Besser
Joe Besser
Jim Hawthorne
Jim Hawthorne
Lela Bliss
Mrs. Van Sickle
Barbara Bartay
Fifi
Tom Kennedy
I. Katchum
Dudley Dickerson
Janitor
Steve Calvert
Gorilla
Ray Corrigan
Gorilla, stock footage
Joe Palma
Thief
Eddie Baker
2nd thief
Jules White
Director
Jules White
Producer
Felix Adler
Story
Jules White
Story
Jack White
Screenplay
Ray Cory
Director of Photography
Henry Freulich
Photography, stock footage
Harold White
Film Editor
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor, stock footage
George Brooks
Art Director
Charles Clague
Art Director, stock footage
Abner Singer
Assistant Director
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