Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released January 11, 1946
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Paramount
92 min. (Feature Film)
92 min. (Feature Film)
A fictionalized account of the creation of John Guedel's hit radio show PEOPLE ARE FUNNY.
Joe DeRita appears as a program contestant.
Rival radio producers John Guedel (Philip Reed) and Leroy Brinker (Ozzie Nelson) compete to find a new radio show that they can sell to NBC sponsor Ormsby Jamison (Rudy Vallee). Radio writer Corey Sullivan uses both producers for her own ends, although she's clearly in love with Guedel. While on vacation, Sullivan bumps into Brinker, and on the drive back to L.A., the two are stranded in a small town. There they meet local radio producer Pinky Wilson (Jack Haley), who's created a popular show based on parlor games and audience participation... PEOPLE ARE FUNNY. Corey pretends to fall for Pinky as a ploy to get him and his show to L.A., where Guedel and Brinker will fight over gaining rights to produce it for NBC.
The producer and director of this film is Sam White, younger brother of Jules and Jack.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.00/10]
[6.00/10]
Jack Haley
Pinky Wilson
Ozzie Nelson
Leroy Brinker
Rudy Vallee
Ormsby Jamison
Helen Walker
Corey Sullivan
Phillip Reed
John Guedel
Art Linkletter
Himself
Frances Langford
Herself
The Vagabonds
Themselves
Clara Blandick
Grandma Wilson
Wheaton Chambers
Reverend Allen
Joe DeRita
Mr. Hinckley
Roy Atwell
Mr. Pippensigal
Byron Foulger
Mr. Button
Barbara Roche
Aimee
Bob Graham
Luke
Billy Bletcher
Alouetta singer
Frank Mitchell
Alouetta singer
Billy Benedict
Alouetta singer
Casey Johnson
Jerry, Boy Scout
Lillian Molieri
Hey Jose dancer
Rosarita Varela
Celito Lindo singer
Ann Jenkins
Boogie Woogie piano player
Unidentified
Jose Castellan, G. I.
Unidentified
Miss Young
Unidentified
John Southby, contestant
Unidentified
Mr. Tuttle, contestant
Unidentified
Mrs. Tuttle, contestant
Unidentified
John B. Hapsworth, contestant
Unidentified
Chief Red Cloud
Sam White
Director
William C. Thomas
Executive Producer
William H. Pine
Executive Producer
Sam White
Producer
John Guedel
Original Radio Story
David Lang
Story and Screenplay
Maxwell Shane
Screenplay
Dorcas Cochrane
Additional Dialogue
Fred Jackman Jr.
Director of Photography
Henry Adams
Film Editor
Howard A. Smith
Supervising Editor
F. Paul Sylos
Art Director
Glenn P. Thompson
Set Decoration
William H. Lynch
Sound Recording
Rudy Schrager
Musical Director
David Chudnow
Musical Supervisor
Jimmy McHugh
Music
Jay Livingston
Music
Duke Ellington
Music
Tito Guizar
Music
Henry Tobias
Music
Don Reid
Lyrics
Dorothy Fields
Lyrics
Ray Evans
Lyrics
Don George
Lyrics
Allan Roberts
Music & Lyrics
Pepe Guizar
Music & Lyrics
Walter Samuels
Music & Lyrics
Jay Milton
Music & Lyrics
Archie Gottler
Music & Lyrics
Doris Fisher
Music & Lyrics
Rudy Vallee
Music & Lyrics
Jack Crosby
Dance Director
Odette Myrtil
Gowns
Irving Berns
Makeup Artist
Harold E. Knox
Assistant Director
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