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Easy Living

Easy Living

Release: 1937-07-16 ·Runtime: 88m ·★ 7.0
Comedy Romance

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Edward Arnold Edward Arnold as J.B. Ball Vernon Dent Vernon Dent as First Partner (uncredited) Gertrude Astor Gertrude Astor as Saleswoman (uncredited) Kate Price Kate Price as Laundress (uncredited) Barlowe Borland Barlowe Borland as Mr. Gurney Lee Phelps Lee Phelps as Hotel Detective (uncredited) Robert Greig Robert Greig as Butler Jesse Graves Jesse Graves as Graves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited) Frances Morris Frances Morris as Assistant Secretary (uncredited) Andrew Tombes Andrew Tombes as E.J. Hulgar Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe as Office Manager (uncredited) Virginia Dabney Virginia Dabney as Blonde Woman (uncredited) Florence Dudley Florence Dudley as Cashier (uncredited) Franklin Pangborn Franklin Pangborn as Van Buren Don Brodie Don Brodie as Automobile Salesman (uncredited) Frank McLure Frank McLure as Office Worker (uncredited) Hayden Stevenson Hayden Stevenson as Chauffeur (uncredited) Robert Homans Robert Homans as Private Guard (uncredited) Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt as Jeweler (uncredited) Harry Worth Harry Worth as Hindu Man on Bus (uncredited) Nora Cecil Nora Cecil as Miss Swerf Hal K. Dawson Hal K. Dawson as Jeweler (uncredited) John Picorri John Picorri as Ernest - Hotel Waiter (uncredited) Jean Arthur Jean Arthur as Mary Smith William Demarest William Demarest as Wallace Whistling Richard Barbee Richard Barbee as Third Partner (uncredited) Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten as Joseph aka Justin - Houseman (uncredited) Leonid Snegoff Leonid Snegoff as Chef (uncredited) Florence Wix Florence Wix as Woman in Hat Shop (uncredited) Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Nick Lukats Nick Lukats as Bum in Automat (uncredited) Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Stock Investor (uncredited) Mary Nash Mary Nash as Mrs. Jenny Ball William B. Davidson William B. Davidson as Mr. Hyde Stanley Andrews Stanley Andrews as Police Captain Jackson (uncredited) Benny Bartlett Benny Bartlett as Newsboy (uncredited) Jack Rice Jack Rice as Man in Ball's Outer Office (uncredited) Dora Clement Dora Clement as Saleslady (uncredited) Harlan Briggs Harlan Briggs as Magazine Office Manager Marsha Hunt Marsha Hunt as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited) Adia Kuznetzoff Adia Kuznetzoff as Bum (uncredited) Lee Bowman Lee Bowman as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) Edwin Stanley Edwin Stanley as Second Partner (uncredited) Carl M. Leviness Carl M. Leviness as Automat Customer (uncredited) Luis Alberni Luis Alberni as Mr. Louis Louis Esther Dale Esther Dale as Lillian Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Husband (uncredited) Ray Milland Ray Milland as John Ball Jr. Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey as Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited) John Dilson John Dilson as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)