Easy to Love (1953)


Easy to Love
Release Date26 November 1953
TaglineMGM's spectacular Technicolor musical excitingly filmed in Florida's beautiful Cypress Gardens!
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCypress Gardens - 2600 S. Lake Summit Drive, Winter Haven, Florida, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
ThemesUnrequited Love, Love Triangles
TonesGentle, Light
TagsEmployer/employee, Love, Mermaid, Motorboat, Rival, Romance, Skiing, Sports, Swimming, Water Ballet, Waterskier

Easy to Love is a 1953 musical film directed by Charles Walters. It stars Esther Williams and Van Johnson.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Julie Hallerton

Ray Lloyd

Barry Gordon

Edna Skinner
Nancy Parmel

Paul Bryar
Mr. Barnes

Clarice

Ed Oliver
Bandleader

Peter Adams
Ted Hilbert

Violinist

Hal Berns
Melvin

Margaret Bert
Mrs. Huffnagel

Harriett Brest
Hotel guest

Herself - Dancer

Edward Clark
Gardener

Lillian Culver
Flora

George Davis
Elevator operator

Helen Dickson
Hotel guest

Phil Dunham
Desk Clerk

Maude Erickson
Hotel guest

Sig Frohlich
Bellboy

Bud Gaines
Hotel guest

Ben's wife

Fenton Hamilton
Fat man

Drummer

Byron Kane
Joe

Joseph Keane
Henry

Hotel guest

Joseph Mell
Irving

Harold Miller
Hotel guest

David Newell
Freddie

Mr. Huffnagel

Richard Downing Pope
Hotel guest

Peggy Remington
Hotel guest

Oscar Levenson

Violet Seaton
Hotel guest

Perry Sheehan
Telephone Girl

MC of Citrus Queen contest

Reginald Simpson
Photographer

John Trebach
Waiter

Dorothy Vernon
Hotel guest

Charles Walters
Nightclub Dancer with Cyd Charisse

June Whitley Taylor
Costume designer

Director

Charles Walters
-

Producer

William Roberts
writer

László Vadnay
story, screenplay

producer

Cinematographer

Ray June
-

Editor

Gene Ruggiero
-

Art Director

Jack Martin Smith
-

Set Decorator

Richard Pefferle
-

Edwin B. Willis
-

Costume Designer

Helen Rose

Makeup Department

hair stylist

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ridgeway Callow
assistant director

Joel Freeman
assistant director

Sound Department

recording supervisor

Editorial Department

Alvord Eiseman
color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department

musical director

Skip Martin
orchestrator

orchestrator

George Stoll
musical director

Betty Wand
singing voice: Esther Williams

Other Crew

choreographer

Robert J. Eastman
aquatic technical advisor

Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
-

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

MGM/UA Home Entertainment






Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Charles Walters
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Easter Parade (1948)
Easy to Love
High Society (1956)
Lili (1953)
Summer Stock (1950)
Torch Song (1953)
Two Loves (1961)