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Actors: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Easy Living |
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Investment banker J.B. Ball is one of the richest men in his area and is wise about how he spend his money. Unfortunately his wife Jenny Ball, believes money grow on trees and spends it carelessly on a $50,000 mink coat. This caused a heated argument between the Balls and J.B. furiously throws the coat out of their townhouse window, and into the streets. But the coat lands right on the head of Mary Smith, a young woman on her way to work on a double-decker bus, where'd she sat on the upper part of it.
Smith quickly get off the bus, trying to find out who is the owner of the coat. J.B realizing the errror of his ways, tells Smith she can keep the coat.
After a few moments of hestitation, Smith keeps the mink but that is not all. J.B takes her to one of the most expensive clothing stores in the city, to find a fur hat to match her now pricey coat. Afterwards, J.B drops her off at work in his stretch limo. However co-workers noticed the extravagant scene, and assumes Mary is well taken care of. This promptly caused her to be immediately fired, reason of being not suited to work for the boys magazine any longer.
Now out of work and penniless, Mary bad luck turns into the opposite as J.B continiously help the woman out and even let her stay at his luxiorious hotel suite for only a dollar a day. But this caused more attention another person Mr. Louis Louis, a bitter former hotel owner whose business went down the drain after being foreclosed by J.B's bank. Louise believes Mary is a mistress, and that their "relationship" can possibly do J.B's reputation in. Living in a wonderful place isn't good enough, as Mary needs to eat so she heads to a small restaurant where she meet and falls in love at first sight with waiter John Ball Jr., who makes ends meet on his own without the help of his wealthy father. Little does Mary knows he comes from a well-off background and that his father is the very same man that helped her a few days earlier. But gossip gets more jucier as the local newspaper accused J.B senior of having a affair.
--Alicia M. , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Easy Living |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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