{"id":5115,"date":"2008-01-15T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2020-12-30T22:03:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T05:03:56","slug":"youll-never-get-rich-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5115","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ll Never Get Rich (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;To a hungry man, a lamb chop is a tasty dish &#8212; but to the butcher, it&#8217;s just another hunk of meat.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA choreographer (Fred Astaire) helps his philandering boss (Robert Benchley) get out of hot water with his suspicious wife (Frieda Inescort) by pretending to have purchased an engraved diamond bracelet for one of his beautiful showgirls (Rita Hayworth). He soons finds himself in trouble with Hayworth&#8217;s beau (John Hubbard), and enlists in the army to escape; meanwhile, he realizes he really does care for Hayworth, and tries to win her heart.\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>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Fred Astaire Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Rita Hayworth Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFred Astaire and Rita Hayworth&#8217;s first film together was this WWII musical comedy, featuring a catchy yet surprisingly forgettable score by Cole Porter. The ridiculous military &#8220;subplot&#8221; (actually a major part of the movie) is an enormous distraction from what we really want to see: Astaire and Hayworth dancing and falling in love. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-768x483.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2-430x270.png 430w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-First-Dance2.png 1609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever they&#8217;re together &#8212; or when Astaire dances alone &#8212; we&#8217;re in heaven; but when we&#8217;re forced to watch Astaire getting in continual trouble with his superiors &#8212; and landing repeatedly in an impossibly clean military brig &#8212; the story falters and sinks. Robert Benchley is intermittently amusing as the childishly caddish millionaire who lies through his teeth as a matter of course and isn&#8217;t above using his employees to get himself out of hot water, while Frieda Inescort as his snobbish wife is perfectly cast:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-1024x654.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-1536x981.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley-423x270.png 423w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Benchley.png 1601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; but neither they nor Astaire and Hayworth can quite work the necessary magic with this sub-par script. With that said, while I can&#8217;t recommend <em>You&#8217;ll Never Get Rich<\/em> as must-see viewing, I suspect most film fanatics will be curious to at least check it out once, given its historical importance as the film which helped propel Hayworth to true cheesecake status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astaire and Hayworth&#8217;s too-short initial tap dance together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-1536x999.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap-415x270.png 415w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Initial-Tap.png 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire&#8217;s fabulous solo dances in the guardhouse<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-1024x646.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-1536x969.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2-428x270.png 428w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire2.png 1593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-1024x648.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-1536x972.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3-427x270.png 427w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Astaire3.png 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire and Hayworth dancing to &#8220;So Near and Yet So Far&#8221; during the army show rehearsal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-1024x659.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-1536x988.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2-420x270.png 420w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Youll-Never-Get-Rich-Dance2.png 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it holds some historical importance as Astaire and Hayworth&#8217;s first outing together, it&#8217;s ultimately not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0034409\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/10\/24\/archives\/at-the-music-hall.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s993never.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/517\/youll-never-get-rich#articles-reviews?articleId=30056\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/youll-never-get-rich\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To a hungry man, a lamb chop is a tasty dish &#8212; but to the butcher, it&#8217;s just another hunk of meat.&#8221; Synopsis: A choreographer (Fred Astaire) helps his philandering boss (Robert Benchley) get out of hot water with his suspicious wife (Frieda Inescort) by pretending to have purchased an engraved diamond bracelet for one of his beautiful showgirls (Rita Hayworth). He soons finds himself in trouble with Hayworth&#8217;s beau (John Hubbard), and enlists in the army to escape; meanwhile,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5115\"> 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-5115","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\/5115","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=5115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60615,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions\/60615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}