Whos the Cast of the 1937 Movie Easy Living

Easy Living

It's dizzy - it's daffy, It's cockeyed - it's laughy!

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.

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I'm seriously considering converting my Letterboxd page into a Jean Arthur stan account where all I'd do is promote her movies and roast people whose only input is 'Wait, who the hell is this blonde? Jean who?'
Jean Arthur speaks fluent screwball poetry as written by Preston Sturges in "Easy Living."

In a script dating from before his own directorial career, the seeds of Sturges' sharp social satire are already evident.

"Living" is a comedy about a down and out depression girl, played by Jean Arthur, who finds herself the accidental owner of a sable fur coat. Sturges' screenplay about her unwanted - though not unearned - wealth depicts the demanding career that is Consumption. And not the kind the poets died from.

Sturges and director Mitchell Leisen skew the imaginary profession of Rich Person by provoking scenarios around it that are almost (but not quite) as absurd in conceit.

Arthur sells both the satire and the…
Sometimes, after a crushingly terrible 4 hour super hero movie, you need something like this.

Witty, well performed, Jean Arthur being the Queen of all things.

What a delightful movie. Great music, lovely comic misunderstandings and all the great word play you could ever want. Thanks to Lara Pop (one of the best follows out there) for the recommendation.
"go on, i'll meet you behind the grapefruit."

mary finding out she made $9,000 and then hysterically telling johnny she's going to buy a dog because she's always wanted one was absolutely adorable i love this movie so much.
If you can watch Easy Living and resist falling head over heels for Jean Arthur, then I'm sorry but we can no longer be friends.

Take this as an example. In one scene, Jean's hard-working but hard-come by Mary learns that she's just accidentally come into a sizeable sum of money. After letting out an exasperated "WHAT?" in that high-pitched squeak of hers, the following is her initial reaction: "I'm gonna buy a dog. You know, one of those great big woolly ones with bangs all over it's face. I know it'll have fleas, but I don't care! I've wanted one all my life", before bursting into a bout of happy tears. Give it a whirl if you're still not…
i think they should have just allowed jean arthur to single-handedly crash the stock market. like what's the big deal.
"You don't have to be so angry just because you're stupid!" - Jean Arthur to Edward Arnold and by extension Gamergaters, MRAs, anti-vaccers, mankind, the world, etc.
Jean Arthur is one of the greatest comediennes to ever grace the screen and I will die on that hill. She's always so hilarious and strong, but also not afraid to be vulnerable and that's such a hard balance to strike in comedy. The only other film where Ray Milland had a major role that I had seen before this was The Lost Weekend, which is patently uncomedic, so I was really impressed by his skill in this screwball. He makes such a perfect comedic romantic lead. This is a lesser-known screwball but quite a lot of fun.
There's something about Jean Arthur that sets her apart from other screwball stars. Whereas they are sly (Myrna Loy), or canny (Rosalind Russell), Arthur isdoubting. Regardless of the situation or who she's talking to, her default mode is suspicion — she may be poor, but she's been around the block more than once, and knows few people are truly on the level. So it's:Why are you talking to me this way? Why are you talking to me at all? WHAT IS IT YOU WANT? Even as she doubts those around her, though, she's resolute in her belief in herself. It doesn't how many degrees you have, if your math doesn't match hers, you're stupid! The combination is unusual and wonderful and,…
"Wherever there's smoke, there must be... somebody smoking."

My favourite movie of all time is Remember the Night. This is writer Preston Sturges and director Mitchell Leisen's other collaboration. It's also amazing. Light on plot, long on Leisen getting a bit distracted by nice clothes and the coolest bathtub in the history of the world, but amazing nonetheless.

The one and only Jean Arthur, possessor of the best voice in movies - an instrument of purest husky-hinted squeak - is Mary Smith, an ordinary working stiff who's mistaken for the mistress of New York's third biggest banker (Edward Arnold) and finds that now everybody wants to give her things for free: a hotel room, a new wardrobe, a supper for…
Every time I watch one of these 1930s and 1940s screwball comedies I wonder why I don't watch more of them. I always really like them. I've barely seen one that I didn't like.

Easy Living sees poor Jean Arthur have an amazingly expensive fur coat dumped on her from on high by irate banker Edward Arnold, setting in motion a chain of events that would see chaos erupt in an eatery, major stock market fluctuations, rumours of a major sex affair occur and Ray Milland appearing even smoother than ever.

Written by Preston Sturges and directed by the under-valued Mitchell Leisen, Easy Living has a predictably breakneck pace that strikes a wonderful balance between its wordier comedy and its…
Jean Arthur obsession confirmed.

Also, with a screenplay by Preston Sturges that piles misunderstanding on misunderstanding, Easy Living has got to be one of the screwiest of screwballs. Whether its the hordes overtaking a diner, or Jean smashing her piggy bank with a high heel to get a single coin, this screwball seems to perfectly encapsulate the Depression era.