Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released December 21, 1934
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
MGM
88.67 min. (Feature Film)
88.67 min. (Feature Film)
Four boyhood friends, Tony Ferrera, Rosy Rosenberg, Stuffy Wilson and Mike O'Brien, play football under the guidance of coach Howdy Hardy. Known as The Four Bombers, the junior classmen are the star players at Pacific University. Mike's shady older brother Joe (Ted Healy) tries to convince them to drop out and go professional. Tony bites at the bait, and Stuffy is seriously injured in a car accident while racing to stop Tony from signing a contract. Their relationship with Hardy damaged, the remaining Bombers decide to quit the team. It's up to Kitty and Stuffy to convince them to change their minds and rejoin the team for their senior year.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.00/10]
[6.00/10]
Robert Young
Tony Ferrera
Preston Foster
Howdy Hardy
Betty Furness
Kitty O'Brien
Russell Hardie
Mike O'Brien
William Tannen
Rosy Rosenberg
Stuart Erwin
Stuffy Wilson
Ted Healy
Joe O'Brien
Leo Carrillo
Angelo
David Durand
Tony, as a child
Beaudine Anderson
Mike, as a child
Sidney Miller
Rosy, as a child
Norman Phillips Jr.
Stuffy, as a child
Betty Jane Graham
Kitty, as a child
Frank O'Connor
Patrolman
Purnell Pratt
Judge Bone
Charles Lane
Mike's lawyer
Joe Sawyer
Mr. Thomas
Harvey Clark
Mr. Henries, '97 alumnist
Carl Stockdale
'97 alumnist
Arthur Stuart Hull
'97 alumnist
Joe Twerp
Freshman with laundry
Henry Kolker
Professor Hackett
John Kelly
Truck driver
Arthur Vinton
John Hertz
Edward LeSaint
Doctor
Gayne Whitman
Dr. Wilson
John Hyams
Alumni Board member
Robert Livingston
Bob Stone
Bobby Watson
Radio announcer
Franklin Parker
Reporter
Lee Phelps
Reporter
Carlton Griffin
Reporter
Don Brodie
Reporter
Cyril McLaglen
Lumberjack, scene deleted
Edward Gargan
Lumberjack, scene deleted
Warner Richmond
Lumberjack, scene deleted
Unidentified THE BAND PLAYS ON 1
Street kids
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Truant officers
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Courtroom
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Youth center
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Students
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Hospital staff
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Alumni Board
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Spectators
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Football players
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Reporters
Russell Mack
Director
Ned Marin
Producer
W. Thorton Martin
Original Story
Byron Morgan
Original Story
J. Robert Bren
Original Story
Harry Stuhldreher
Original Story
Bernard Schubert
Screenplay
Ralph Spence
Screenplay
Harvey Gates
Screenplay
Leonard Smith
Photography
William LeVanway
Film Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Associate Art Director
Harry Oliver
Associate Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Oscar Radin
Musical Score
William Axt
Original Music
R. H. Bassett
Original Music
Sandy Roth
Assistant Director
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