Easy Living

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Easy Living is a 1937 American screwball comedy film, written by Preston Sturges and directed by Mitchell Leisen, about a young woman whose life is transformed by a series of misunderstandings after a fur coat falls into her possession.

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Easy Living canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
screwball comedy film
basedOn story by Vera Caspary
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Ted Tetzlaff
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mitchell Leisen
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Doane Harrison
featuresCharacter J. B. Ball
John Ball Jr.
Mary Smith
filmFormat 35 mm
genre romantic comedy
screwball comedy
hasFilmRating Passed (Production Code era)
hasPosterTagline She learned about men from him!
hasTheme class differences
mistaken identity
social mobility
language English
medium cinema
musicBy Boris Morros
notableFor early original screenplay by Preston Sturges
example of 1930s Hollywood screwball comedy
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A young woman’s life is transformed by a series of misunderstandings after a rich banker’s fur coat falls into her possession.
producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
publicationDate 1937
releaseDateUS 1937-07-16
releaseYear 1937
runtimeMinutes 88
screenwriter Preston Sturges
setting New York City
stars Edward Arnold
Jean Arthur
Ray Milland
writer Preston Sturges

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Mitchell Leisen notableWork Easy Living
Daniel Mandell edited Easy Living
Lizabeth Scott notableWork Easy Living
Ted Tetzlaff notableWork Easy Living
Mary Nash notableWork Easy Living