Easy to wed 1946 official trailer lucille ball movieto prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Easy to wed 1946 directed by buster keaton, edward. The film easy to wed had an impossible task to follow the film and stars of one of the best screen comedies ever made libeled lady. Made over a period of eight years, those that followed were easy to wed 1946, duchess of idaho 1950 and easy to love 1953. Easy to wed movie 1946 van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, keenan wynn. She would later call this film the highlight of her movie career. Rent easy to wed 1946 starring esther williams and van johnson on dvd and bluray. Easy to wed is a 1946 technicolor american musical comedy film directed by edward buzzell, and starring van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, and. A newspaper editor attempts to avoid a lawsuit from a socialite when he hires a smooth talker to seduce her. Searching through amazon i found the above box set and ordered it through amazon caiman usa. Easy to wed 1946 when a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante connie allenbury esther williams, her powerful broker father threatens the papers owner, warren haggerty keenan. Easy to wed 1946 directed by buster keaton, edward buzzell.
Easy to wed 1946 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ball and desi arnaz in forever darling despite being at the height of their comedic powers in i love lucy, the movie was a disappointment lucille ball and desi arnaz i dont think that this shot is from their. Apr, 2016 trailer for the 1946 henry hathawaydirected film noir classic, the dark corner, starring lucille ball, mark stevens, william bendix and clifton webb. Like the last mgm technicolor extravaganza i saw, ziegfeld follies 1946, this movie is too long, is jampacked with everything but a compelling plot and interesting characters, and its humor is. Many films from this period as screened on tcm seem to have been saved, restored, remastered for video tapes and dvds. Reporter bill chandler is sent after connie to prove that the story is actually true.
Easy to wed is a 1946 technicolor american musical comedy film directed by edward buzzell, and starring van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, and keenan wynn. Easy to wed 1946 stream and watch online moviefone. Buy easy to wed movie poster style d 11 x 14 1946 at search in. This technicolor musical remake of the 1936 comedy classic libeled lady isnt quite up to the standards of the original, but on its own terms is quite entertaining. Easy to wed 1946 directed by buster keaton, edward buzzell et al. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. Starring esther williams, van johnson, lucille ball, and keenan wynn. Van johnson, keenan wynn and lucille ball round out a funny foursided love triangle. Feel free to send us your trailer requests and we will do our best to hunt it down. Gallery of 6 movie poster and cover images for easy to wed 1946. Easy to wed 1946 allmovie movies and films database. All easy to wed movie posters,high res movie posters image for easy to wed.
Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Hollywood has never been shy about exploiting past successes, so ten years later, mgm remade the picture with keenan wynn, esther williams, lucille ball, and van johnson. A newspaper editor hires a man to woo the wealthy socialite who is suing him. The comedy high point of the original libeled lady, in which william powell is forced to demonstrate his nonexistent prowess as a fisherman, is ably repeated in easy to wed when van johnson. He gueststarred as himself on i love lucy and he costarred with her in the 1968 film yours, mine and ours. Easy to wed is a 1946 film that is a combination of comedy and romance, put into musical form. Easy to wed 1946 esther williams, old hollywood stars. Easy to wed 1946 in 1936, spencer tracy, myrna loy, jean harlow, and william powell starred in a hit film called libeled lady. A spiffy remake of the screwball classic libeled lady, with esther as the lady libeled. The publications frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her. Rent easy to wed 1946 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Easy to wed 1946 official trailer lucille ball movie youtube.
Willam stevens chandler van johnson, his wife, and connie allenbury chandler ester williams are. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. Williams is in your movie and the most interesting thing you can find for her to. Easy to wed 1946 official trailer lucille ball movieto prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoons slandered daughter. Easy to wed 1946, on an island with you 1948, neptunes daughter 1949, dangerous when wet 1953.
All of esther williams color films from the mid40s are a visual treat with bright, deeply saturated color and sharp images, though a few scenes in easy to wed seem unaccountably muddy and soft, with desaturated color. Van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, keenan wynn. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Original title easy to wed year 1946 running time 106 min. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. Newspaperman haggerty keenan wynn, with publisher farwood paul harvey, was about to be married when he realized he needed to find a guy to help fight a libel suit, but his bride gladys lucille ball isnt waiting, in easy to wed, 1946, costarring van johnson and esther williams. Released 1946, easy to wed stars van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, keenan wynn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Easy to wed movie 1946 van johnson, esther williams.
Easy to wed 1946 official trailer lucille ball movie. Starring van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, keenan wynn, cecil kellaway, and june lockhart. Spencer tracy played the editor who hatches a scheme to compromise her, with his fiance jean harlow and a reporter william powell carrying out the plot. I like her, i think she was great, but the general consensus is that she always. Popular stars had very little downtime in the studio era, as you can see from williams schedule. Only a brief dip and plenty of attitude for esther williams, as heiress connie, vacationing in mexico city, party to a libel suit, goaded by cameraman spike ben blue, whos only the setup guy for exreporter and con man bill, van johnson, hired to woo her, in mgms easy to wed. Easy to wed 1946 i love lucy, lucy movie, actresses.
The screenplay by dorothy kingsley is an adaptation of the screenplay of the 1936 film libeled lady by maurine dallas watkins, howard emmett rogers, and george oppenheimer. Available on itunes in this remake of libeled lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing his. Buzzell had directed her in best foot forward 1943, and he lobbied for her casting in easy to wed. Easy to wed 1946 in 1936, mgm had a big hit with libeled lady, a screwball comedy starring myrna loy as an heiress who sues a newspaper for libel when it calls her a home wrecker. The ziegfeld follies came out in march 1946, the hoodlum saint in june, and easy to wed in july. May 22, 2015 easy to wed offered a much bigger, juicier part, plus, it was directed by edward buzzell, with whom ball had worked before. Easy to wed 1946 musical 1946 musical a newspaper editor hires a man to woo the wealthy socialite who is suing him. Dorothy kingsley, george oppenheimer, maurine dallas watkins see more. Easy to wed is a 1946 technicolor american musical comedy film directed by edward buzzell and starring van johnson, esther. See the article in its original context from july 12, 1946, page.
When a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante connie allenbury esther williams, her powerful broker father threatens the papers owner, warren haggerty keenan wynn, with a massive lawsuit. By which point williams had already filmed her scenes for till the clouds roll by 1947 and started work on this time for keeps 1947. With van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, keenan wynn, cecil kellaway, carlos ramirez, ben blue. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. Buy easy to wed movie posters from movie poster shop. It is considered a lesser effort on both actors behalf, however the film is chiefly remembered today for including frank sinatra, who appears in an uncredited performance as a singer with the tommy dorsey orchestra. Apparently, during his younger years while exiled in mexico, castro used of his latin good looks to make cameo appearances in two other musicals, easy to wed 1946. Edward buzzell, buster keaton, edward sedgwickwriters.
Sign a petition for a van johnson postage stamp for entertainment purposes only. Country united states director edward buzzell, buster keaton, edward sedgwick screenwriter. Find where to watch easy to wed and many more fulllength movies from the best streaming services online. Only this time it has a new title, easy to wed, and a new lot of stars, and it is done up in technicolorwhich is the only. Easy to wed 1946 movie clip only senorita allenbury. The johnsonwilliams, ballbuzzell reunions werent the only ones on this film. Easy to wed movie poster 32x70cm 1946 esther williams van johnson frame on your wall.
Easy to wed 1946 official trailer lucille ball movie subscribe to classic trailers. This mgm comedy from july 1946 is marked by desperation from the getgo, being a remake of the 1936 screwball libeled lady. Thrill of a romance was a box office success, becoming the eighthhighest grossing film of 1945. Williams and johnson were the headlining stars, but lucille ball steals the picture. Easy to wed 1946 to prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoons slandered daughter. Easy to wed is a 1946 technicolor american musical comedy film directed by edward buzzell and starring van johnson, esther williams, lucille ball, and keenan wynn. Buzzell on allmovie this technicolor musical remake of the 1936.
When a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante connie allenbury esther williams, her powerful broker father threatens the papers owner, warren haggerty keenan wynn, with a massive. Easy to wed movie 1946 van johnson, esther williams, lucille. Univision reached out to various movie critics and historians in cuba, but could not confirm that castro had indeed appeared in those movies. When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multimilliondollar libel lawsuit. Van johnson worked with lucy again several more times. Still, fidel castro the actor even has his own imdb page with credits for his roles in holiday in mexico 1946 and easy to wed 1946, among other odd movies forgotten by time he allegedly made an appearance in. Easy to wed is generally regarded as a crummy piece of fluff, and thats exactly what it is. Ship ahoy was the first of two films in which powell and skelton costarred. This technicolor musical remake of the 1936 comedy classic. When swimsuit queen esther williams is in your movie and the most interesting thing you can find for her to do is go down a water slide, the film is in trouble. In this remake of libeled lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing his paper for libel. Oct 21, 2015 apparently, during his younger years while exiled in mexico, castro used of his latin good looks to make cameo appearances in two other musicals, easy to wed 1946 and bathing beauty 1944, as.