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