Easy to Wed (1946)


Easy to Wed
Release Date11 July 1946
TaglineIT'S A MARRY-GO-ROUND...!!! (original print media ad - all caps)
GenreComedy, Romance, Musical
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy
ThemesMembers of the Press
TonesHumorous, Light
TagsAnchorperson, Con/scam, Editor, Employee, Lady, Lawsuit, Libel, Lifestyle, Lover, Musical [play], Newspaper, Playgirl, Portrait, Reporter, Revenge, Scheme, Secrets, Socialite, Songwriter, Wedding

Easy to Wed is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell. The screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley is an updated adaptation of the screenplay of the 1936 film Libeled Lady by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, and George Oppenheimer.


Cast and Crew


Cast

William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler

Connie Allenbury Chandler

Gladys Benton

Warren Haggerty

J.B. Allenbury

Carlos Ramírez
Himself

Spike Dolan

Herself

Barbara 'Babs' Norvell

Homer Henshaw

Mrs. Burns Norvell

Curtis Farwood

Hector Boswell

Celia Travers
Mary, Farwood's Secretary

Sybil Merritt
Receptionist

Sondra Rodgers
Attendant

Nina Bara
Rumba Dancer

Katherine Black
Masseuse

Karin Booth
Clerk

Louise Burnette
Girl at Pool

George Calliga
Headwaiter

Poolside spectator

Chavo de Leon
Rumba Dancer

Patricia Denise
Girl at Pool

Waiter

Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Dibson

Fred Fisher
Waiter

Joel Friedkin
Justice of the Peace

Phyllis Graffeo
Girl at Pool

Frank Hagney
Truck Driver

Milton Kibbee
Private Detective

Charles Knight
Butler

Matt Mattox
Dancer

Bert Moorhouse
Newspaper Office Worker

Kanza Omar
Girl at Pool

Alex Pollard
Waiter

Frances

Roberts, Allebury's Butler

Mildred Sellers
Girl at Pool

Jack Shea
Lifeguard

Walter Soderling
Mr. Dibson

Brick Sullivan
Bouncer in Newspaper Office

Charles Sullivan
Truck Driver

Mitzie Uehlien
Girl at Pool

John Valentine
Butler

Arthur Walsh
Newspaper Office Boy

Dick Winslow
Orchestra Leader

Director

Edward Buzzell
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Edward Sedgwick
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Producer

uncredited

adaptation

George Oppenheimer
screenplay "Libeled Lady"

Howard Emmett Rogers
screenplay "Libeled Lady"

screenplay "Libeled Lady"

Jack Cummings
producer

Original Music

Johnny Green
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Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor

Blanche Sewell
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Art Director

Hans Peters
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Set Decorator

Jack Bonar
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Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

-

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Herman E. Webber
assistant director

Sound Department

recording director

Camera and Electrical Department

Frank Powolny
still photographer

Music Department

Ted Duncan
orchestrator

Virginia Rees
singing voice: Lucille Ball

Other Crew

Jack Donohue
dance director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

Warner Home Video