Money from Home (1953) on Netflix
Herman Nelson owes gambling debts to the bookie Jumbo Schneider, who offers a way out: rig a horse race in Maryland. His cousin Virgil Yokum, an apprentice veterinarian, comes along.
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Plot summary
In 1920s New York City, the gambler Herman Nelson owes money he cannot pay, and the bookie Jumbo Schneider hands him a choice between a pair of cement shoes and a rigged race in Maryland. Herman takes the Maryland job, promising to see that a chosen horse does not run, and he brings his cousin Virgil Yokum, an apprentice veterinarian, along. Herman means to trick Virgil into helping and keeps the real purpose of the trip from him. Along the way mistaken identities are assumed. In Maryland, Herman falls for Phyllis Leigh, the horse's owner, and Virgil falls for Dr. Autumn Claypool, the veterinarian who tends the animal.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Money from Home (1953)
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- Money from Home was the only Martin and Lewis film shot in 3-D, made with Technicolor's 3-D camera rig, which exposed six strips of film in synchronization; it was the second and final time the rig was used.
- Because a technical issue at Technicolor left the paired prints needed for 3-D unavailable, Money from Home was previewed in 2-D at 322 theaters on New Year's Eve, 1953.
- Jerry Lewis's only creative credit on a Martin and Lewis picture was on-screen: "Special Material in Song Numbers Staged by Jerry Lewis", even though he co-wrote and co-directed several of the team's films.
- Money from Home was the first Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film made in color, although the pair had already made a color cameo appearance in Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's 1952 film Road to Bali.
- Money from Home was the third and last Martin and Lewis feature available with a Western Electric 3-track stereophonic soundtrack, and that soundtrack is now lost.
