Easy to Wed (1946) - Video Detective

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A spiffy remake of the screwball classic Libeled Lady, with Esther as the lady libeled. Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, and Lucille Ball round out a funny four-sided love triangle.

Original Release

07/11/1946

US Release

07/11/1946

Links

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Cast

Van Johnson	William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler / William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
Lucille Ball	Gladys Benton
Esther Williams	Connie Allenbury Chandler / Connie Allenbury
Keenan Wynn	Warren Haggerty
Cecil Kellaway	J.B. Allenbury
Ben Blue	Spike Dolan
Paul Harvey	Curtis Farwood
Celia Travers	Mary, Farwood's Secretary / Mary
June Lockhart	Barbara 'Babs' Norvell / Barbara Norvell
Josephine Whittell	Mrs. Burns Norvell

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick

Writers

Buster Keaton, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, Dorothy Kingsley, George Oppenheimer

Cast

Van Johnson	William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler / William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
Lucille Ball	Gladys Benton
Esther Williams	Connie Allenbury Chandler / Connie Allenbury
Keenan Wynn	Warren Haggerty
Cecil Kellaway	J.B. Allenbury
Ben Blue	Spike Dolan
Paul Harvey	Curtis Farwood
Celia Travers	Mary, Farwood's Secretary / Mary
June Lockhart	Barbara 'Babs' Norvell / Barbara Norvell
Josephine Whittell	Mrs. Burns Norvell
Ethel Smith	Ethel Smith - Organ Player / Ethel Smith
Grant Mitchell	Homer Henshaw
Jonathan Hale	Hector Boswell
James Flavin	Joe
Sybil Merritt	Receptionist
Sondra Rodgers	Attendant
Jean Porter	Frances
Walter Soderling	Mr. H.O. Dibson - Justice of the Peace
William Bailey	Newspaper Office Worker
Nina Bara	Rumba Dancer