United States / Jul 07, 1937 / NR / New York City
Overall average
5.0/10
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| John Marshall | Osric (uncredited) |
| Frank McLure | Office Worker (uncredited) |
| Lu Miller | Housemaid (uncredited) |
| Rex Moore | Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
| Frances Morris | Assistant Secretary (uncredited) |
| Bob Murphy | Automat Detective (uncredited) |
| Forbes Murray | Husband (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Hotel Detective (uncredited) |
| John Picorri | Ernest - Hotel Waiter (uncredited) |
| Kate Price | Laundress (uncredited) |
| Jack Raymond | Bum (uncredited) |
| Jack Rice | Man in Ball's Outer Office (uncredited) |
| Hector V. Sarno | Armenian Rug Salesman (uncredited) |
| Francis Sayles | Martin - Houseman (uncredited) |
| Leonid Snegoff | Chef (uncredited) |
| Edwin Stanley | Second Partner (uncredited) |
| Hayden Stevenson | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Bernard Suss | Man in Automat (uncredited) |
| Laura Treadwell | Wife (uncredited) |
| William Wagner | J.B. Ball's Valet (uncredited) |
| Gloria Williams | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Florence Wix | Woman in Hat Shop (uncredited) |
| Harry Worth | Hindu Man on Bus (uncredited) |
Genres
ComedyRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Easy Living |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date | 16 luglio 1937 |
| Executive producer | William LeBaron |
| Production | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Writer | Preston Sturges, Vera Caspary |
| Editing | Doane Harrison |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Assistant directors | Edgar Anderson, Mitchell Leisen |
| Camera operators | Ted Tetzlaff |
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| Additional photography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Production design | Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, A. E. Freudeman |
| Art direction | Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, A. E. Freudeman |
| Set decoration | A. E. Freudeman, Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté |
| Visual effects | Farciot Edouart |
| Music | Friedrich Hollaender, Gordon Jenkins, Gregory Stone, Victor Young, Earl S. Hayman, Boris Morros, William Thayer |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender, Gordon Jenkins, Gregory Stone, Victor Young, Earl S. Hayman, Boris Morros, William Thayer |
| Costume design | Travis Banton, Wally Westmore |
| Makeup | Wally Westmore, Travis Banton |
| Hairstyling | Wally Westmore, Travis Banton |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
United States / Jul 16, 1937
France / Sep 29, 1937
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