Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released January 01, 1969
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Congdon Films
91 min. (Feature Film)
91 min. (Feature Film)
While Los Angeles police hunt for a serial killer who leaves dismembered women in the Hollywood Hills, a strange transient arrives on the doorstep of Katharine Packard (Miriam Hopkins), a retired star of Hollywood's golden age. Miss Packard broke her leg in an alcoholic haze, and her business manager Leslie (Gale Sondergaard) hires the stranger, Vic Valance, as a nurse and personal assistant. He soon ingratiates himself with the aging actress, and Leslie's suspicions rise when she sees Katharine falling for the young man. Her suspicions are not without merit, and the women find themselves under the influence of the serial killer.
Joe Besser has a small role as a Hollywood tour bus driver.
Also distributed as HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE.
Filmed on location in the Norma Talmadge Estate mansion.
Minta Durfee (Fatty Arbuckle's one-time wife and costar) has a cameo as a dinner party guest.
Florence Lake, costar of Edgar Kennedy's 1930s-1940s short subjects at RKO, appears as Katharine's maid.
Avg. Rating: 
[2.00/10]
[2.00/10]
Miriam Hopkins
Katherine Packard
Gale Sondergaard
Leslie
David Garfield
Vic Valance
Florence Lake
Mildred
Virginia Wing
Greta
Joe Besser
Tour bus driver
Parke McAlister
Newscaster
Dorothy Kingston
Victim
Charles Martin
Doctor
Lester Matthews
Ira Jaffee
Riza Royce
Mrs. Jaffee
Richard Guardino
Young Vic
Sydelle Guardino
Vic's mother
Jason Johnson
Josef
Hal Taggart
Sleeping dinner party guest
Minta Durfee
Dinner party guest
Leoda Richards
Dinner party guest
Freda Jones
Dinner party guest
Maxine Semon
Older woman at mod party
Buddy Douglas
Midget
Katina Garner
Blonde
Phyllis Selznick
Girlfriend
J. B. Larson
Percy
The Synergy Trust
Party characters
Bill Welsh
TV host
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 1
Tour bus passengers
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 2
Bar patrons
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 3
Ira's chauffeur
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 4
Store clerks
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 6
Dinner party guests
Unidentified SAVAGE INTRUDER 7
Santa Claus parade
Donald Wolfe
Director
William Burton
Executive Producer
Donald Wolfe
Producer
Ann May
Associate Producer
Donald Wolfe
Screenplay
John A. Morrill
Director of Photography
Hartwig Deeb
2nd Unit Photography
Hartwig Deeb
Film Editor
Normand Houie
Production Designer
Coke Willis
Set Decoration
Rod Sutton
Sound Recording
James Contrares
Sound Recording
Stu Phillips
Music Composer
Treva
Gowns
Ruth Foster
Wardrobe
Louis Lane
Makeup
Gretchen Moon
Hair Stylist
Don May
Assistant Director
Joseph D. Steuben
Assistant Cameraman
Rol Murrow
Assistant Cameraman
Bill Brown
Production Manager
Ann May
Casting
Bill Pecchi
Set Operations
Phil Miller
Gaffer
Dick Allen
Property Master
Blair Brooks
Script Supervisor
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