{"id":21,"date":"2006-03-04T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21"},"modified":"2021-02-05T01:15:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T08:15:59","slug":"its-in-the-bag-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s In the Bag! (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Last year&#8217;s diamonds? Oh no, we don&#8217;t bother with them. You see, we just throw them out. They get so shabby, you know.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Poster-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Poster-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Poster.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFlea-circus owner Fred Froogle (Fred Allen) receives a surprise inheritance, only to find out that the money is hidden in one of five chairs he has just sold.  He must locate the cash-filled chair before a group of murderous thieves beat him to it. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance<\/li>\n<li>Jack Benny Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Thieves and Criminals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;rare Fred Allen movie&#8221; &#8212; which was &#8220;the probable inspiration for Mel Brooks&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28121\"><em>The Twelve Chairs<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;just as cockeyed&#8221;. While it contains some &#8220;great scenes&#8221;, it&#8217;s inconsistently funny; those who aren&#8217;t already fans of Allen&#8217;s dry wit probably won&#8217;t get much enjoyment out of the film&#8217;s humor, unless you consider rejoinders like this one amusing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Fred Floogle:<\/strong> &#8220;Doctor, have you considered using fly paper?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Greengrass:<\/strong> &#8220;Fly paper?  Since when can a fly read?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Was this funny once, I wonder?  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few mildly amusing moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-1024x729.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap-379x270.png 379w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Its-In-the-Bag-Mouse-Trap.png 1323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but film fanatics may be curious to check it out simply as Fred Allen&#8217;s only starring role in a motion picture. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0037823\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/its.in.the.bag.1945.shtml\">At-a-Glance Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Last year&#8217;s diamonds? Oh no, we don&#8217;t bother with them. You see, we just throw them out. They get so shabby, you know.&#8221; Synopsis: Flea-circus owner Fred Froogle (Fred Allen) receives a surprise inheritance, only to find out that the money is hidden in one of five chairs he has just sold. He must locate the cash-filled chair before a group of murderous thieves beat him to it. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Inheritance Jack Benny Films John Carradine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68872,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/68872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}