Easy to Love

19531953
ApprovedApproved
1h 36m

An Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.An Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.An Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.

6.3/10

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Director
- Charles Walters
Writers
- László Vadnay(screenplay)
- William Roberts(screenplay)
Stars

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Van Johnson, John Bromfield, Tony Martin, and Esther Williams in Easy to Love (1953)

Van Johnson, Tony Martin, and Esther Williams in Easy to Love (1953)

Director
- Charles Walters
Writers
- László Vadnay(screenplay) (story)
- William Roberts(screenplay)
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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. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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Taglines
- It's Her Big New Musical of 1954!
Genres
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Esther Williams was pregnant during the filming of this movie.

Goofs
When Esther Williams is hoisted into the air by helicopter, she sheds her water skis in order to safely make the high dive. After the dive when she grabs the towbar from the boat, her skis have somehow re-attached to her feet.

Connections
Featured in The Tender Trap (1955)

Soundtracks
Easy to Love
Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Tony Martin and played often throughout the picture

Top review

6/10

Easy to Love Esther

What's good: beautiful Esther Williams. Enough can't be said about this. She was positively radiant the entire film. No actress brought technicolor to life like Esther Williams. Tan, fit, gorgeous Esther. Also the great Busby Berkeley aquatic numbers. Esther Williams plus Busby Berkeley equals a win every time.

What's bad: the men. Unfortunately, Esther is saddled with rather poor love interests here in Tony Martin and Van Johnson. There's no great chemistry to be had with either but Martin tries his soggy best. I definitely felt like he was attracted to Esther, although in a kind of scuzzy greaseball sort of way. He also has several terrible songs. MGM was pushing him extra hard in this. He wouldn't stop singing those terrible songs! I like Van Johnson but he's as exciting a male lead as a wooden plank. So bland and colorless. Esther really had some crappy choices here.

Honestly it's not one of the greats. The plot of Esther wanting Van but all he thinks about is business so she tries to make him jealous with Tony is pretty flimsy and the romance is blechh. But see it for the stunning Esther Williams in technicolor and the wonderful production numbers choreographed by the great Busby Berkeley.

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