It's in the Bag! (1945) on Netflix
Fred F. Trumble Floogle, a flea circus proprietor, inherits a fortune from a wealthy relative. He settles his family into an expensive penthouse, then learns the estate amounts to five chairs.
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Plot summary
Flea circus proprietor Fred F. Trumble Floogle is named heir to a wealthy relative's estate, and he moves wife Eve, son Homer and daughter Marion into a costly hotel penthouse, the same building where Marion's fiancé, Perry Parker, lives. The family buys on credit until Trumble's lawyer, Jefferson T. Pike, and Trumble's associates Arnold and Gardner report at the reading of the will that the estate comes down to five chairs. Facing debts, Eve urges Fred to mend fences with Parker, whose father once hinted the Floogles were too lowbrow. Perry presents his latest invention, a better mousetrap, and talks Fred into co-investing $25,000 in its development. Then Trumble's chairs arrive, and Homer offers to sell them to an antique dealer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about It's in the Bag! (1945)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Radio star Fred Allen took his only starring film role in this comedy, released by United Artists at a time when he was at the peak of his fame as one of the most popular radio comedians.
- Allen's encounter with Jack Benny in the film plays off the famous “feud” the two were carrying on at the time, which ran for over a decade.
