MONEY FROM HOME

'''Money From Home''' is Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' eleventh feature. It was their first film in color, and their only film in 3-D. It was premiered as a special preview screening across the US on New Year's Eve, 1953.

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Plot

New York City in the 1920's is where gambler "Honey Talk" Nelson (Dean Martin) crosses paths with bookie "Jumbo" Schneider (Sheldon Leonard). Nelson has two choices, cement shoes or "fixing" a horse race in Maryland. Naturally, Nelson heads to Maryland with his cousin Virgil Yokum (Jerry Lewis) tagging along.
Once in Maryland, Nelson falls for the owner (Marjie Miller) of the horse that has been chosen for the "fix". Virgil has also fallen in love, with the veterinarian (Pat Crowley) assigned to the horse. Nelson decides that love should prevail and refuses to go along with the plan. Meanwhile, an English jockey (Richard Haydn), who is to ride the horse, is prevented from performing his job by Schneider's mobsters and Yokum winds up riding the horse to victory.

Production

The team's eleventh feature, ''Money From Home'' was the first Martin and Lewis film made in color, although they did make a color, cameo appearance in the 1952 Bob Hope and Bing Crosby film, ''Road to Bali''. It was filmed from March 9 to May 1, 1953.
''Money From Home'' is also the only Martin and Lewis film made in 3-D, having been shot 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. The film was also the third and last time one of the team's features was available with a Western Electric, 3-track stereophonic soundtrack. This soundtrack is now lost.
The film was premiered on New Year's Eve, 1953 as a special preview in 322 theaters. Because of a technical issue at Technicolor, pairs of prints necessary for 3-D were not available, so the film was previewed in 2-D. The film went into general release in February, 1954.
Lewis received an additional on-screen credit: "Special Material in Song Numbers Staged by Jerry Lewis." It was the only time during the team's productions that Lewis received creative credit, despite co-writing and co-directing several of the pictures.

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