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Easy Living

Easy Living

Release: 1937-07-16 ·Runtime: 88m ·★ 7.1
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

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