Fourth of July in a Screwball Summer
Easy Living (1937)
directed by Mitchell Leisen
rating: 5 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
The rigorous daily pace of a domineering Wall Street investor catches a young Jean Arthur unawares on her way to work at a magazine for boys. But the cyclone effect - furs, fine meals, hotel penthouses - doesn't envelope Ms. Arthur so much as loft her higher and higher. She settles in among the clouds, committed to enjoying in full the pampering of each soft, sun-warmed breeze. Comeuppances against his favorite characters are, of course, how Preston Sturges levels the playing field, but Arthur is asked only to accept the basic decency of her fellow New Yorkers, who suffer willingly on her behalf. She does, as the city falls in love in step with its well-meaning innocent. Her indulgence of fate's whims attracts type-As like lint, except they - like us - are only too happy to have a little direction for so much good faith.
directed by Mitchell Leisen
rating: 5 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
The rigorous daily pace of a domineering Wall Street investor catches a young Jean Arthur unawares on her way to work at a magazine for boys. But the cyclone effect - furs, fine meals, hotel penthouses - doesn't envelope Ms. Arthur so much as loft her higher and higher. She settles in among the clouds, committed to enjoying in full the pampering of each soft, sun-warmed breeze. Comeuppances against his favorite characters are, of course, how Preston Sturges levels the playing field, but Arthur is asked only to accept the basic decency of her fellow New Yorkers, who suffer willingly on her behalf. She does, as the city falls in love in step with its well-meaning innocent. Her indulgence of fate's whims attracts type-As like lint, except they - like us - are only too happy to have a little direction for so much good faith.
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