Easy Living (1937)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.732 |
Directed By
Mitchell Leisen
Crew
Preston Sturges
Mitchell Leisen
Vera Caspary
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Wally Westmore
Hans Dreier
William LeBaron
Friedrich Hollaender
Gordon Jenkins
Gregory Stone
Victor Young
Travis Banton
Ted Tetzlaff
Ernst Fegté
Doane Harrison
Edgar Anderson
A. E. Freudeman
Farciot Edouart
Leo Shuken
Earl S. Hayman
Milan Roder
Boris Morros
Adolph Zukor
William Thayer
TOP CAST
Jean Arthur
Mary Smith
Edward Arnold
J.B. Ball
Ray Milland
John Ball Jr.
Mary Nash
Mrs. Jenny Ball
Franklin Pangborn
Van Buren
Luis Alberni
Mr. Louis Louis
Barlowe Borland
Mr. Gurney
William Demarest
Wallace Whistling
Andrew Tombes
E.J. Hulgar
Esther Dale
Lillian
Harlan Briggs
Magazine Office Manager
William B. Davidson
Mr. Hyde
Nora Cecil
Miss Swerf
Robert Greig
Butler
Lee Bowman
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
First Partner (uncredited)
Marsha Hunt
Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Office Manager (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Police Captain Jackson (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Richard Barbee
Third Partner (uncredited)
Benny Bartlett
Newsboy (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
Neighboring Butler (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Automobile Salesman (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Saleslady (uncredited)
Lois Clinton
Brunette Woman (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Doubledecker Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Elsa Connor
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
George Cowl
Bank President (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney
Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Jeweler (uncredited)
John Dilson
Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Stock Investor (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Cashier (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle
Elevator Man (uncredited)
Amelia Falleur
Housemaid (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Graves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited)
Hal Greene
Bellhop (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Hulgar Stock Tally Man (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Private Guard (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Jeweler (uncredited)
Helen Huntington
Stenographer (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Joseph aka Justin - Houseman (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff
Bum (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Magazine Office Worker (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Automat Customer (uncredited)
Kathleen Hope Lewis
Stenographer (uncredited)
Nick Lukats
Bum in Automat (uncredited)
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