Easy Living
1937 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 7.1 · 95% critics
A wealthy financier grows fed up with his free-spending family, and a pricey fur coat he throws out ends up landing on a hardworking young woman. What follows is far from simple, as her attempts to make things right spiral into misunderstandings and escalating trouble around town.
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Details
- Years
- 1937
- Release date
- 1937-07-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (68 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Easy Living if you want a rowdy, slapstick-heavy screwball farce with barbed humor and big misunderstandings; Not for you if you prefer quieter comedies like Midnight or Christmas in July.
Pros: nonstop screwball energy; sharp dialogue; standout comedy team | Cons: heavy slapstick; too much yelling; uneven pacing
Themes
- hotel
- new york city
- wealth
- fur coat
- millionaire
- screwball comedy
- sable
- luxury hotel
- financier
- automat
- 1930s
- father son conflict
Cast & crew
Jean Arthur
as Mary Smith
Edward Arnold
as J.B. Ball
Ray Milland
as John Ball Jr.
Mary Nash
as Mrs. Jenny Ball
Franklin Pangborn
as Van Buren
Luis Alberni
as Mr. Louis Louis
Barlowe Borland
as Mr. Gurney
William Demarest
as Wallace Whistling
Andrew Tombes
as E.J. Hulgar
Esther Dale
as Lillian
Directed by Mitchell Leisen