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starring: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni, Mary Nash directed by: Mitchell Leisen Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783228075 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 0783228074 Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: August 04, 1998 Running Time: 88 minutes Sales Rank: 3996 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: July 07, 1937 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Of all the screenplays Preston Sturges wrote for Paramount before becoming the greatest comic director of his generation, 1937's Easy Living seems the most like something he would have filmed himself--a satirical fable about chance, class, and the absurdity of the American dream. Jean Arthur is a New York secretary riding to work atop a double-decker bus when a fur coat miraculously descends from the sky and settles on her shoulders. The fur, however, has not dropped from Olympus but from the hand of a millionaire (Edward Arnold) who has just tossed it from a nearby roof to punish his wife. But as if it were a magic fleece (the mythical reference is almost certainly intended by the erudite Sturges), it makes its wearer invincible, conferring an aura of prosperity, celebrity, and power on the previously average working girl. No folk tale is complete without a prince: Sturges's is the millionaire's son, Ray Milland, who is trying to pass as an apprentice stockbroker. Directed with a light, elegant touch by Mitchell Leisen, the film lacks the crazy energy it would have had under Sturges's own hand, but this remains one of the great screwball comedies (in a year that also saw The Awful Truth and Nothing Sacred). --Dave Kehr Average Rating:
 Rating:  - I wish they still made movies like this!This is a great little film that shows how clever and funny some of the old 39's and 40's movies can be. With a cast of actors that frequented movies by classy directors like Capra and Sturges, the movie has all the pieces to make a successful romp. This is definitely slapstick, and if you get squeamish with scenes of total destruction, there will be a time or two when you will want to close your eyes! However, I am not a fan of that type of destruction, and I thought the movie was terrific. ... Read More Rating:  - The bull of broad street... with a girl... in the sable-est sable coat they ever sabled! Easy Living is a screwball adaptation on the classic fairy-tale of Cinderella, Jean Arthur style! Luck smiles on Mary Smith(Jean Arthur) when the fanciest of all fur coats flies right into her lap, and the owner insists on her keeping it! To top it all off he buys her a brand new hat to go with it, and soon insanity follows! Mary gets let go from her job and she's got nowhere to turn! At the automat she meets the handsome John Ball, Jr.(Ray Milland) whose eager to lend her a helping ... Read More Rating: - "Say What's The Big Deal Anyway?""Easy Living" is a light-hearted comedy romance ala '37 that is sure to provide an enjoyable diversion for anyone who loves the classic oldies. It's certainly not one of the more well-known feature films of that era but it still delivers the naïve and innocent charm that we all like to harken back to now and then. Footnote: If you like foreign films you might want to pick-up a copy of 'Kis Kis Ki Kismat' a Hindi film released within the last couple of years. It's a remake of this one only Bollywood ... Read More Rating: - Easing LivingFun movie - enjoyed it greatly. What a fun way to spend a weekend morning, listening / seeing an older movie that was just a delightful escape. Glad I purchase it! Rating: - Easy LivingEasy LIving is a fun and unconventional film that is typical of Jean Arthur. I love her. |
