Easy Living

Easy Living

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | July 16, 1937

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.

Easy Living

88 mins | Comedy, Romance | July 16, 1937

Easy Living
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Easy Living
Directors Edgar Anderson, Mitchell Leisen
Writers Preston Sturges, Vera Caspary

Cast

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

Harlan Briggs

as Magazine Office Manager

William B. Davidson

as Mr. Hyde

Nora Cecil

as Miss Swerf

Robert Greig

as Butler

Lee Bowman

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

as First Partner (uncredited)

Marsha Hunt

as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Office Manager (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

as Police Captain Jackson (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as Saleswoman (uncredited)

Richard Barbee

as Third Partner (uncredited)

Benny Bartlett

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

as Neighboring Butler (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Automobile Salesman (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Dora Clement

as Saleslady (uncredited)

Lois Clinton

as Brunette Woman (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

as Doubledecker Bus Conductor (uncredited)

Elsa Connor

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

George Cowl

as Bank President (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney

as Blonde Woman (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

as Jeweler (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Stock Investor (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

as Cashier (uncredited)

Harold Entwistle

as Elevator Man (uncredited)

Amelia Falleur

as Housemaid (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

as Graves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited)

Hal Greene

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Hulgar Stock Tally Man (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Private Guard (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

as Jeweler (uncredited)

Helen Huntington

as Stenographer (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Joseph aka Justin - Houseman (uncredited)

Adia Kuznetzoff

as Bum (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence

as Magazine Office Worker (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Automat Customer (uncredited)

Kathleen Hope Lewis

as Stenographer (uncredited)

Nick Lukats

as Bum in Automat (uncredited)

John Marshall

as Osric (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Office Worker (uncredited)

Lu Miller

as Housemaid (uncredited)

Rex Moore

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

Bob Murphy

as Automat Detective (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Husband (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Hotel Detective (uncredited)

John Picorri

as Ernest - Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Kate Price

as Laundress (uncredited)

Jack Raymond

as Bum (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Man in Ball's Outer Office (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

as Armenian Rug Salesman (uncredited)

Francis Sayles

as Martin - Houseman (uncredited)

Leonid Snegoff

as Chef (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

as Second Partner (uncredited)

Hayden Stevenson

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Bernard Suss

as Man in Automat (uncredited)

Laura Treadwell

as Wife (uncredited)

William Wagner

as J.B. Ball's Valet (uncredited)

Gloria Williams

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Woman in Hat Shop (uncredited)

Harry Worth

as Hindu Man on Bus (uncredited)