Easy to Love (1953)
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41% of users liked it
(79 ratings)
The Cole Porter title tune is but one of the musical highlights in the (literally) splashy Esther Williams musical Easy to Love. Reshuffling plot devices utilized in previous Williams vehicles, the film casts Williams as Julie Hallerton, the star of Ray Lloyd's (Van Johnson) aquacade. She loves… More The Cole Porter title tune is but one of the musical highlights in the (literally) splashy Esther Williams musical Easy to Love. Reshuffling plot devices utilized in previous Williams vehicles, the film casts Williams as Julie Hallerton, the star of Ray Lloyd's (Van Johnson) aquacade. She loves Lloyd, but he hardly knows she exists. Only when she inaugurates romances with swimming instructor Hank (John Bromfield) and singer Barry (Tony Martin) does Lloyd wake up and smell the chlorine. The plot's finale is top-heavy with "good sport" behavior involving the three male leads. However, if you've come to an Esther Williams movie for the plot, maybe you'd better try another theatre. Easy to Love is the film that includes Busby Berkeley's legendary "motorboat/hang-glider" production number, performed at Florida's Cypress Gardens--though, incredibly, this aquatic tour de force is not the end of the picture! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Walters
- Written By
- William Roberts
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 1953 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 29, 1992
Critic Reviews
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...the music and water ballets and the fact that Ms. Williams looks lovely contribute to making the film at least mildly entertaining.
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Cast
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Esther Williams
as Julie Hallerton
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Van Johnson
as Ray Lloyd
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Tony Martin
as Barry Gordon
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John Bromfield
as Hank
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Edna Skinner
as Nancy Parmel
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Carroll Baker
as Clarice
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King Donovan
as Ben
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Paul Bryar
as Mr. Barnes
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Eddie Oliver
as Band Leader
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Margaret Bert
as Mrs. Huffnagel
- Cyd Charisse
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Edward Clark
as Gardener
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Lillian Culver
as Flora
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Sandra Gould
as Ben's Wife
- Byron Kane
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Joseph Mell
as Sleepy Waiter
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David Newell
as Makeup Man
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Emory Parnell
as Mr. Huffnagel
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Reginald Simpson
as Photographer
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Dorothy Vernon
as Women Guests in Lobby
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June Whitley
as Costume Designer
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Fenton Hamilton
as Fat Man
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Benny Rubin
as Oscar Levenson
- Helen Dickson
- Peggy Remington
- Violet Seton
