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Easy to Love (1953)An Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves. Director:Charles Walters |
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Cast
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| Esther Williams | ... |
Julie Hallerton
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| Van Johnson | ... |
Ray Lloyd
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| Tony Martin | ... |
Barry Gordon
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John Bromfield | ... |
Hank
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Edna Skinner | ... |
Nancy Parmel
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King Donovan | ... |
Ben
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Paul Bryar | ... |
Mr. Barnes
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| Carroll Baker | ... |
Clarice
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Ed Oliver | ... |
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Set against the background of Florida's Cypress Gardens, and featuring many stretches of water carnival-ballet numbers, the slight story line finds swimming star Julie Hallerton (Esther Williams) in love with Ray Lloyd (Van Johnson), her boss and the creator and operator of the operation. She stays mostly wet, while he stays mostly disinterested in anything other than the cash receipts. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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MGM's spectacular Technicolor musical excitingly filmed in Florida's beautiful Cypress Gardens!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 December 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Du bist so leicht zu lieben See more »Filming Locations:
Cypress Gardens - 2600 S. Lake Summit Drive, Winter Haven, Florida, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the scene where Julie is packing for New York
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At the very end of Esther Williams's water-skiing extravaganza, the camera shoots a long pullback shot of her on a platform with flags hoisting into view on either side; the shot then makes a stationary jump (albeit on cue with the music) to the same shot with jet fountains coming in from both sides like a curtain closing. You can see it's two different shots because Williams's right hand is up in the first one, then suddenly down in the second. See more »Soundtracks
"What Good Is a Gal? (Without a Guy)"(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the scene where Julie is packing for New York
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Esther Williams plays a romantically unattached water-skiing secretary who longs to stop "walking on the water" and be some man's wife; Van Johnson and Tony Martin are her potential choices for a husband. Despite fine aquatic sequences filmed at Florida's Cypress Gardens, this romantic comedy is awfully stale. As helmed by plodding director Charles Walters, everything here is made to seem intentionally innocuous, which doesn't lend the picture much staying power. Even Esther's big moments in the water are not quite up to the mesmerizing leaps from her previous swimming vehicles, though they are preferable to the asides with the men, both of whom are colorless. Carroll Baker, in her film debut as Martin's disgruntled ex-girlfriend, is the liveliest of the bunch. Flimsy stuff, indeed. *1/2 from ****