Now watching Easy Living a 1937 screwball comedy starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold and Ray Milland, written by Preston Sturges amd directed by Mitchell Leisen. For fans of Golden Hollywood this is a powerhouse line up and the film delivers.
Easy Living is one of a selection of screwball comedies curated for Criterion Channel's December collections and it is quite the box of bon bons. Besides well known screwball comedies, such as It Happened One Night and My Man Godfrey the screwball comedy collection contains lesser known and forgotten gems like Me and My Gal, Easy Living, and others.
Presented in expertly done restorations, and gloriously luminous B&W, Criterion Channel's Screwball Comedy Collection is the perfect antidote to toxic times.
11 out of 5