Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen, 1937)

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The Screwball Story

Olympia Kiriakou

21 episodes

9 months ago

Celebrating classical Hollywood's daffiest genre.

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Celebrating classical Hollywood's daffiest genre.

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Film History

TV & Film,

Film Interviews

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Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen, 1937)

The Screwball Story

30 minutes 13 seconds

2 years ago

Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen, 1937)

On this episode, I discuss Easy Living (1937).

Resources:

Stanley Cavell, Pursuits of Happiness (Boston: Harvard University Press, 1981)

David Chierichetti, Mitchell Leisen: Hollywood Director (New York: Photoventure Press, 1995)

Ida Jeter, “The Collapse of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts: A Case Study of Collaboration in the Motion Picture Industry,” in Journal of the University Film Association, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 1979): 37-45.

James McKay, The Films of Ray Milland, 1929-1984 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Inc., 2020)

ReFocus: The Films of Preston Sturges, eds. Jeff Jaeckle and Sarah Kozloff (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015)

Preston Sturges, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Own Words (Chicago: Touchstone, 1991)

Jerry Vermilye, Jean Arthur: A Biofilmography (Bloomington, ID: Authorhouse, 2012

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