The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1937
Easy Living
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
The story
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
Cast
Jean ArthurMary Smith
Edward ArnoldJ.B. Ball
Ray MillandJohn Ball Jr.
Mary NashMrs. Jenny Ball
Franklin PangbornVan Buren
Luis AlberniMr. Louis Louis
Barlowe BorlandMr. Gurney
William DemarestWallace Whistling
Andrew TombesE.J. Hulgar
Esther DaleLillian
Harlan BriggsMagazine Office Manager
William B. DavidsonMr. Hyde
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Nora CecilMiss Swerf
Robert GreigButler
Lee BowmanMotorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Vernon DentFirst Partner (uncredited)
Marsha HuntGirl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
Dennis O'KeefeOffice Manager (uncredited)
Stanley AndrewsPolice Captain Jackson (uncredited)
Gertrude AstorSaleswoman (uncredited)
Richard BarbeeThird Partner (uncredited)
Benny BartlettNewsboy (uncredited)
Wilson BengeNeighboring Butler (uncredited)
Sidney BraceyHornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Don BrodieAutomobile Salesman (uncredited)
Ethel ClaytonUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dora ClementSaleslady (uncredited)
Lois ClintonBrunette Woman (uncredited)
Tom ColemanDoubledecker Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Elsa ConnorUndetermined Role (uncredited)
George CowlBank President (uncredited)
Virginia DabneyBlonde Woman (uncredited)
Hal K. DawsonJeweler (uncredited)
John DilsonNervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
Lester DorrStock Investor (uncredited)
Florence DudleyCashier (uncredited)
Harold EntwistleElevator Man (uncredited)
Amelia FalleurHousemaid (uncredited)
Jesse GravesGraves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited)
Hal GreeneBellhop (uncredited)
Robert HainesHulgar Stock Tally Man (uncredited)
Robert HomansPrivate Guard (uncredited)
Arthur HoytJeweler (uncredited)
Helen HuntingtonStenographer (uncredited)
Olaf HyttenJoseph aka Justin - Houseman (uncredited)
Adia KuznetzoffBum (uncredited)
Lillian LawrenceMagazine Office Worker (uncredited)
Carl M. LevinessAutomat Customer (uncredited)
Kathleen Hope LewisStenographer (uncredited)
Nick LukatsBum in Automat (uncredited)
John MarshallOsric (uncredited)
Frank McLureOffice Worker (uncredited)
Lu MillerHousemaid (uncredited)
Rex MooreElevator Boy (uncredited)
Frances MorrisAssistant Secretary (uncredited)
Bob MurphyAutomat Detective (uncredited)
Forbes MurrayHusband (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsHotel Detective (uncredited)
John PicorriErnest - Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Kate PriceLaundress (uncredited)
Jack RaymondBum (uncredited)
Jack RiceMan in Ball's Outer Office (uncredited)
Hector V. SarnoArmenian Rug Salesman (uncredited)
Francis SaylesMartin - Houseman (uncredited)
Leonid SnegoffChef (uncredited)
Edwin StanleySecond Partner (uncredited)
Hayden StevensonChauffeur (uncredited)
Bernard SussMan in Automat (uncredited)
Laura TreadwellWife (uncredited)
William WagnerJ.B. Ball's Valet (uncredited)
Gloria WilliamsUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Florence WixWoman in Hat Shop (uncredited)
Harry WorthHindu Man on Bus (uncredited)
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