Easy to Love
MGM, 1953, Color, 96 minutes
Released December, 1953
Spectacular choreography from Busby Berkeley highlights this breezy musical with Esther Williams as a secretary who romances other guys to get the attention of boss Van Johnson. See Esther swim with a chimp and water-ski with a group of pals in incredibly staged sequences; with Tony Martin, John Bromfield; songs include "Easy to Love," "Coquette," "Didja Ever."
Photographed in Cypress Gardens, Winterhaven, Florida
Produced by: Joe Pasternak
Directed by: Charles Walters
Assistant Director: Ridgeway Callow
Screen Play by: Laslo Vadnay and William Roberts
Story by Laslo Vadnay
Songs: "Didja Ever," "Look Out! I'm Romantic," "That's What a Rainy Day Is For" (by) Vic Mizzy and Mann Curtis; "Coquette" (by) Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo, and Johnny Green; "Easy to Love" (by) Cole Porter
Musical Director: Lennie Hayton and George Stoll
Orchestrations: Pete Rugolo and Skip Martin
Musical Numbers Created and Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Women's Costumes Designed by: Helen Rose
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography: Ray June
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Henri Jaffa
Color Consultant: Alvord Eiseman
Film Editor: Gene Ruggiero
Cast: Esther Williams [Julie Hallerton], Van Johnson [Ray Lloyd], Tony Martin [Barry Gordon], John Bromfield [Hank], Edna Skinner [Nancy Parmel], King Donovan [Ben], Paul Bryar [Mr. Barnes], Carroll Baker (screen debut) [Clarice], Eddie Oliver [Band Leader], Additional Cast: Benny Rubin [Oscar Levenson], Edward Clark [Gardener], June Whitley [Costume Designer], Emory Parnell [Mr. Huffnagel], Margaret Bert [Mrs. Huffnagel], David Newell [Makeup Man], Sandra Gould [Ben's Wife], Lillian Culver [Flora], Fenton Hamilton [Fat Man], Cyd Charisse, Harriett Brest, Helen Dickson, Ann Luther, Maude Erickson, Peggy Remington, Violet Seton, Dorothy Vernon [Women Guests in Lobby], Richard Downing Pope, Bud Gaines [Tourists], Byron Kane, Reginald Simpson [Photographers], Joseph Mell [Sleepy Waiter], Hal Berns [Melvin, the Pianist], Betty Wand [singing voice of Julie]
Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Easy to Love," "Didja Ever" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:08] Aquacade (swum by Esther Williams and John Bromfield); [0:20] Didja Ever (sung by Tony Martin and Girls Chorus); [0:24] Look Out! I'm Romantic (sung by Tony Martin); [0:32] Look Out! I'm Romantic (reprised by Tony Martin); [0:34] Coquette (excerpt sung by Tony Martin); [0:47] Coquette (excerpt sung by Tony Martin); [1:06] Look Out! I'm Romantic (reprised by Tony Martin); [1:09] Easy to Love (sung by Tony Martin; recurring theme in background score); [1:21] That's What a Rainy Day Is For (sung and danced by Tony Martin and some elderly ladies; joined by Betty Wand dubbing for Esther Williams); [1:26] Water number (Esther Williams and Ensemble on water skis)
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