Easy Living PG
With Jean Arthur and Ray Milland
Screenplay by Preston Sturges
Part social satire laced with lively physical comedy, Easy Living ranks as one of the great American screwball comedies from the 1930s, rating 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film follows the fate of a poorly paid and poorly treated stenographer (Jean Arthur), anxious about keeping her job and finding enough money to pay her rent and buy food. Good fortune literally falls on her head in the form of a mink coat thrown out of the window of a high-rise penthouse during a spat between a mega-wealthy businessman (Edward Arnold) and his spendthrift wife (Mary Nash). In unforeseen ways, the incident cascades into a life-changing event for the stenographer.
'An irresistible screwball comedy with a dash of Wall Street satire … it is a delight' – Time Out (London)
This screening is part of the Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF).
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