Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released June 19, 1959
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
20th Century-Fox
119 min. (Feature Film)
119 min. (Feature Film)
Holly LaMaise (Debbie Reynolds), talented daughter of Broadway headliner Harry LaMaise, goes to work for egotistical, crude dance club owner Tony Vincent (Robert Wagner) when her father is stricken by heart problems. Priest Father Conroy (Bing Crosby) tries to intervene, fearing that she'll become involved with Tony, rather than use the money she earns to finish her college education. Arranging a nationally televised Christmas benefit with the other churches in the theater district, Conroy hopes to find an improved outlet for Holly's talents. But Tony is a user of people, particularly in his treatment of music arranger Phil Stanley (Ray Walston) who deals with it by losing himself in the bottle. Vincent sees the television show as his opportunity to finally hit the big time, and begins using Holly for his own ambitious ends.
Joe Besser costars in a serio-comic role as Joe Greb, Tony's put-upon manager.
Filmed in Technicolor and CinemaScope.
Stella Stevens' (THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE) film debut.
Avg. Rating: 
[5.00/10]
[5.00/10]
Bing Crosby
Father Conroy
Debbie Reynolds
Holly LeMaise
Robert Wagner
Tony Vincent
Ray Walston
Phil Stanley
Les Tremayne
Harry LeMaise
Frank McHugh
Jim Dugan
Joe Besser
Joe Greb
Robert Banas
Altar boy
Mike Lally
Church usher
Jeffrey Sayre
Church usher
Dick Whittinghill
Lou Christy
Murray Alper
Otto
Connie Gilchrist
Mary
Thomas Browne Henry
Dr. Leventhal
Madge Cleveland
Nurse Simmons
Nina Shipman
Fay Flagg
Alena Murray
Sunny
Judy Harriet
June January
Stella Stevens
Chorus girl
Eileen Maxwell
Chorus girl
Camille Williams
Chorus girl
Richard Collier
Capt. Bradford
Bruce MacFarlane
Det. Minelli
Harry Carter
Det. Collins
Sebastian Cabot
Monsignor Stratford
Tom Kennedy
Wardrobe delivery man
William Graeff Sr.
Stage doorman
Robert Montgomery Jr.
Hotel clerk
Minta Durfee
Hotel maid
Art Salter
Hotel bartender
Cosmo Sardo
Restaurant patron
Barry Bernard
Salesman
Lee Anthony
Page boy
The Steiner Brothers
Dancers
Franklyn Farnum
Patient at home
David Leonard
Rabbi Berman
Alexander Campbell
Pastor Johnson
Wilkie de Martel
Rev. Kendall
James H. Russell
TV Director
Alan Austin
Delivery boy
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 1
Nuns and altar boys
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 2
Stagehand
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 3
Nightclub patrons
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 4
The Off-Beats
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 5
Bartender
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 6
Parishioners
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 7
Chorus girls
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 8
Club musicians
Unidentified SAY ONE FOR ME 9
Restaurant patrons
Frank Tashlin
Director
Frank Tashlin
Producer
Robert O'Brien
Screenplay
Leo Tover
Director of Photography
Hugh S. Fowler
Film Editor
Leland Fuller
Art Director
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Director
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Eli Benneche
Set Decoration
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Lionel Newman
Musical Supervisor
Lionel Newman
Musical Conductor
Pete King
Orchestrator
Herbert Spencer
Orchestrator
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Jimmy Van Heusen
Original Music
Sammy Cahn
Lyrics
Charles Henderson
Vocal Supervisor
Adele Palmer
Wardrobe Designer
Charles LaMaire
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Ben Nye
Makeup
Helen Turpin
Hair Stylist
Alex Romero
Dance Stager
Joseph E. Rickards
Assistant Director
Leonard Doss
Color Consultant
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