For Love or Money (play)

For Love or Money is a play written by F. Hugh Herbert. It is a comedy with three acts, six scenes, one setting, and nine characters. The action of the play spans eight days in December 1946. The story concerns a widowed stage star who must choose between a young stranger and an old love, and must also contend with a young rival. The title comes from advice offered in the play, that a woman might give herself to a man for love or money, but should never do so out of compassion.

Barnard Straus produced the play, which was staged by Harry Ellerbe, with settings by Raymond Sovey and costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone. The leads were John Loder, June Lockhart, Vicki Cummings, and Mark O'Daniels. The play had tryouts in New Haven and Boston during October 1947 then made its Broadway premiere in November 1947. Critics dismissed it as poorly written, but it proved popular with audiences, running through June 1948 for 263 performances, propelled by June Lockhart's characterization.

The story was adapted for an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse in July 1949, and by Blake Edwards for the film This Happy Feeling in 1958.