Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released October 21, 1933
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Vitaphone
21.4 min. (Short Subject)
21.4 min. (Short Subject)
Two goofball sailors find themselves mixed up with a golddigger, as does their CPO. Unfortunately, her gun wielding husband isn't too happy about it. But that doesn't stop them from continuing their night on the town, flirting with all the girls in a nightclub while wearing a uniform they "borrowed" from their Captain.
Shemp Howard appears briefly as a nightclub patron impressed by the sailors' luck with girls.
This previously undocumented Shemp Howard credit was discovered in early 2013. Two archivists at The Library of Congress, Larry Smith and George Willeman, discovered this Shemp appearance while doing research on the short's star Olive Borden. A detailed report on the discovery appears in The Three Stooges Journal # 146 (Summer 2013).
Avg. Rating: 
[5.33/10]
[5.33/10]
Olive Borden
Lulu
George Givot
Parkyurkarkus, Greek sailor
Charles Judels
Biddle, French sailor
Tony Hughes
Chief Harrigan
Shemp Howard
Nightclub patron
Gracie Worth
Louise
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 1
Captain
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 2
Lulu's husband
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 3
Shemp's date
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 5
Flirting girls
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 6
Policemen
Unidentified GOBS OF FUN 7
Nightclub patrons
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