Easy to Wed (1946)

This Technicolor musical remake of the 1936 comedy classic Libeled Lady isn't quite up to the standards of the original, but on its own terms is quite entertaining. Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball and Keenan Wynn expertly assume the roles originally played by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. Faced with a libel suit from socialite Connie Allenbury (Williams), newspaper editor Warren Haggerty (Wynn) cooks up a plan to beat Connie at her own game. To do this, he must rely upon the romantic chicanery of ex-employee Bill Stevens Chandler (Johnson), with Haggerty's fiancee Gladys Ben...
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ton (Ball) caught in the middle. The comedy high point of the original Libeled Lady, in which William Powell is forced to demonstrate his (non-existent) prowess as a fisherman, is ably repeated in Easy to Wed when Van Johnson must prove his skills at duck-hunting. The songs aren't anything special, but Lucille Ball's superb comic performance is worth the admission price in itself.
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After running a disparaging story about a wealthy, flamboyant playgirl's lifestyle, a newspaper magnate hires a smooth-talking gentleman to lure her away from filing a lawsuit against him. Who says love and law don't mix? A musical, color version of the 1936 classic, "Libeled Lady," featuring Ball's first major comedic role. Songs include "Easy to Wed," "It Shouldn't Happen to a Duck," and "Continental Polka."

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