Easy to Love (1934 film)

Easy to Love
Easy to Love
	Lobby card
Directed by	William Keighley
Written by	Adaptation:; Carl Erickson; David Boehm
Screenplay by	Carl Erickson; Manuel Seff
Based on	As Good As New; 1930 play; by Thompson Buchanan
Produced by	Henry Blanke (uncredited)
Starring	Genevieve Tobin; Adolphe Menjou; Mary Astor; Edward Everett Horton
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	William Clemens
Music by	Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	January 13, 1934 (US);
Running time	61-62 or 65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Easy to Love is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, and Edward Everett Horton.^[2] This was William Keighley's solo directorial debut – he had co-directed two earlier films with Howard Bretherton. It contains a mildly risqué scene with Tobin discreetly naked in the bathtub. Keighley and Tobin married in 1938. The film is based upon the 1930 play As Good As New by Thompson Buchanan.

Plot

When a woman finds out her husband is having an affair, she sets out to get even.

Cast

Genevieve Tobin as Carol Townshend
Adolphe Menjou as John Townshend
Mary Astor as Charlotte Hopkins
Edward Everett Horton as Eric Schulte
Patricia Ellis as Janet Townshend
Guy Kibbee as Justice of the Peace
Hugh Herbert as Detective John McTavish

Uncredited:

Paul Kaye as Paul Smith
Hobart Cavanaugh as hotel desk clerk
Robert Greig as Andrews, the butler
Harold Waldridge as elevator boy

Source:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Easy to Love at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ "Easy to Love". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 28, 1934. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

External links

Easy to Love at IMDb
Easy to Love at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Easy to Love at the TCM Movie Database
Stills at Pre-Code.com

[afi-1] Easy to Love at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[2] "Easy to Love". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 28, 1934. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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