Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released September 07, 1946
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Monogram Pictures
69 min. (Feature Film)
69 min. (Feature Film)
Entry in Monogram's musical-comedy "Teen Agers" film series. School morale is at an all-time low with a 28-year losing football team, a failing school newspaper and no talent for the annual school bazaar. But with help from Freddie Slack and Jan Savitt, and their Orchestras, the standard Hollywood twists turn everything into a musical success with a happy ending.
Joe DeRita costars as 'Tiny,' owner of the ice cream shop the kids use as their hangout, frequently caught in the middle of their antics.
Future 'Lois Lane' of SUPERMAN serial and TV series fame, Noel Neill costars as one of the Rogers sisters.
Pierre Watkin ('Gov. Huffington') worked with Noel Neill in the Columbia serials SUPERMAN (1948) and ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN (1950), as 'Perry White.' Watkin was hired to take over the role of 'Perry White' for the 7th season of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN TV series after actor John Hamilton passed away, but that plan abruptly ended with George Reeves' tragic death.
Avg. Rating: 
[4.00/10]
[4.00/10]
Noel Neill
Betty Rogers
June Preisser
Dodie Rogers
Freddie Stewart
Freddie Trimball
Anne Rooney
Addie Rogers
Warren Mills
Lee Watson
Jackie Moran
Jimmy Forrest
Joe DeRita
Tiny
Douglas Fowley
Coach Carter
Milton Kibbee
Dr. Owen Townley
Leonard Penn
Prof. E. C. Farrell
Belle Mitchell
Miss Hinklefink
Dick Elliott
Mayor Whitehead
Edythe Elliott
Mrs. Rogers
Pierre Watkin
Gov. Huffington
Lita Baron
Miss Chi Chi
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra
Themselves
Jan Savitt and His Orchestra
Themselves
Arthur Dreifuss
Director
Sam Katzman
Producer
Maurice Duke
Associate Producer
Arthur Dreifuss
Original Story and Screenplay
Hal Collins
Original Story and Screenplay
Ira H. Morgan
Photography
Richard C. Currier
Film Editor
Ace Herman
Film Editor
Paul Palmentola
Settings
Sidney Clifford
Set Director
Earl Sitar
Sound Engineer
Edward Kay
Musical Score
Edward Kay
Musical Director
Phil Grayson
Music and Lyrics
Freddie Slack
Music and Lyrics
Arthur Alexander
Music and Lyrics
Mario Santos
Music
Hal Collins
Music
Edward Kay
Lyrics
Ismael Morales
Lyrics
Alex Studer
Lyrics
Jack Boyle
Dance Stager
Stephanie Koret
Wardrobe
Michael Eason
Assistant Director
Mel DeLay
Production Manager
Ray Mercer
Special Effects
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