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Easy Living

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Plot

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

Cast

Jean Arthur as Mary Smith
Jean Arthur

as Mary Smith

Edward Arnold as J.B. Ball
Edward Arnold

as J.B. Ball

Ray Milland as John Ball Jr.
Ray Milland

as John Ball Jr.

Mary Nash as Mrs. Jenny Ball
Mary Nash

as Mrs. Jenny Ball

Franklin Pangborn as Van Buren
Franklin Pangborn

as Van Buren

Luis Alberni as Mr. Louis Louis
Luis Alberni

as Mr. Louis Louis

Barlowe Borland as Mr. Gurney
Barlowe Borland

as Mr. Gurney

William Demarest as Wallace Whistling
William Demarest

as Wallace Whistling

Andrew Tombes as E.J. Hulgar
Andrew Tombes

as E.J. Hulgar

Esther Dale as Lillian
Esther Dale

as Lillian

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 16, 1937

Production Companies

  • Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.47 hrs

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Reviews

Bad things happen when you throw your wife's expensive new Kolinsky fur coat off a roof. At least, that's the lesson Mr. J.B. Ball learned when he tried it, and all the ensuing mishaps and crazy rumors begin to follow him all over town. The comedic duo of Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold is fantastic, and the pair would be teamed to similar screwball effect the following year, in Frank Capra's cla…