{"id":24747,"date":"2012-03-19T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T16:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24747"},"modified":"2020-12-26T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T03:50:46","slug":"it-only-money-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24747","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;$ Only Money (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I love private investigators! I want <em>you<\/em> to investigate <em>me<\/em>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Poster.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile apprenticing with a private eye (Jesse White), a clutzy television repairman (Jerry Lewis) accidentally discovers he&#8217;s the long-lost nephew of a millionairess (Mae Questel) whose slimy fiancee\/lawyer (Zachary Scott) is colluding with her butler (Jack Weston) to acquire her money at any cost.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Frank Tashlin Films<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>Zachary Scott Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis Frank Tashlin-directed private-eye spoof is prime Jerry Lewis material, affording his nebbishy alter-ego plenty of opportunities to engage in broadly humorous slapstick antics. Tashlin fills the screen with numerous inventive sight gags, and the supporting cast members all portray their characters with appropriately cartoonish flair: Zachary Scott conveys a steady level of barely concealed contempt for his bride-to-be, the pudgy but relentlessly good-natured <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mae_Questel\">Mae Questel<\/a> (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Questel5.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>while Jack Weston is gleefully homicidal as Scott&#8217;s accomplice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Weston2.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and Jesse White demonstrates unexpected sex-appeal as the aptly named &#8220;Pete Flint&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-White2.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Less successful is buxomy Joan O&#8217;Brien as Questel&#8217;s personal nurse, whose character seems to waver between genuine concern for Lewis&#8217;s safety and an undeniably gold-digging itch (does she <em>really<\/em> love him?). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-OBrien3.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this one is only must-see viewing for diehard Lewis fans, but film fanatics likely won&#8217;t feel their time has been wasted.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Among the fifteen Jerry Lewis titles included in <em>GFTFF<\/em> (too many!), I recommend that ffs check out the following: <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3439\"><em>At War With the Army<\/em> (1950)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17596\"><em>Artists and Models<\/em> (1955)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17758\"><em>The Bellboy<\/em> (1960)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17916\"><em>The Nutty Professor<\/em> (1963)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7862\"><em>King of Comedy<\/em> (1982)<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17840\"><em>The Errand Boy<\/em> (1961)<\/a> is also worth a look simply for its brilliant &#8220;orchestra pantomime&#8221; scene. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many fun, cartoonish sight gags<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Its-Only-Money-Painting.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course Jerry Lewis fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056110\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4443&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I love private investigators! I want you to investigate me!&#8221; Synopsis: While apprenticing with a private eye (Jesse White), a clutzy television repairman (Jerry Lewis) accidentally discovers he&#8217;s the long-lost nephew of a millionairess (Mae Questel) whose slimy fiancee\/lawyer (Zachary Scott) is colluding with her butler (Jack Weston) to acquire her money at any cost. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Comedy Detectives and Private Eyes Frank Tashlin Films Inheritance Jerry Lewis Films Zachary Scott Films Review: This Frank&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24747\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747","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=24747"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59763,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747\/revisions\/59763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}