Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released May 30, 1940
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia Studios
71 min. (Feature Film)
71 min. (Feature Film)
Reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka The Lone Wolf, comes to the aid of Joan Bradley. After receiving the gift of a diamond necklace from Mrs. Penyon, her fiancee's mother, Joan discovers her presumed dead ex-husband waiting to rob her in her apartment. He's murdered after Joan hides in the bedroom, and she escapes when the police, led by dogged pursuer Inspector Crane and his idiot assistant Dickens, suspect her. Lanyard hides her in his apartment, and with the assistance of butler Jamison, begins his own investigation, which involves rival jewel thief Clay Beaudine.
Shemp appears in one scene as a pickpocket, doing business with the fence who is The Wolf's informant.
Usually cast in minor supporting roles, Fred Kelsey stands out hilariously as the befuddled and inept Detective Dickens.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.00/10]
[6.00/10]
Warren William
Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf
Jean Muir
Joan Bradley
Eric Blore
Jamison
Victor Jory
Clay Beaudine
Thurston Hall
Inspector Crane
Fred Kelsey
Detective Dickens
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Penyon
Warren Hull
Bob Penyon
William Forrest
Arthur Trent
Robert Emmett Keane
Peter Van Wyck
Roger Pryor
Peter Renick
Marla Shelton
Rose Waverly
Richard Fiske
Detective Jackson
Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Pappakontous
Luis Alberni
Mr. Pappakontous
Shemp Howard
Joe
George McKay
Nick
Don Beddoe
Coroner
Bruce Bennett
Motorcycle cop
Charles Sherlock
Police Guard
Roger Gray
Air pump operator
Houghton Ralph
Diver
Eddie Laughton
Police guard
Sidney Salkow
Director
Irving Briskin
Producer
Ralph Cohn
Producer
Louis Joseph Vance
Characters
Wolfe Kaufman
Story
John Larkin
Story and Screenplay
Henry Freulich
Director of Photography
Al Clark
Film Editor
Lionel Banks
Art Director
Jerome Pycha, Jr.
Art Director
George Cooper
Sound Engineer
Morris W. Stoloff
Musical Director
Sidney Cutner
Original Music
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Robert Kalloch
Gowns
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