Easy to Wed is a 1946 Technicolor American musical comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell, and starring Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, and Keenan Wynn.

B. Allenbury is determined to file a $2 million libel suit against The Morning Star when the newspaper prints a story claiming his daughter Connie was responsible for the breakup of a marriage.

Anxious to save his paper from financial ruin (Allenbury's real goal), editor Curtis Farwood turns to business manager Warren Haggerty, who postpones his marriage to Gladys Benton in order to assist his employer.

In order to get the damaging picture, Bill must ingratiate himself with the Allenburys, who are vacationing at the Hotel Del Rey in Mexico.

Warren suspects Bill has become romantically involved with Connie and flies to Mexico in the hope he can persuade her and her father to drop their lawsuit.

As noted in the opening credits, this film was adapted from the screenplay of the 1936 film Libeled Lady, a non-musical comedy starring Jean Harlow as Gladys Benton, William Powell as Bill Chandler, Myrna Loy as Connie Allenbury, and Spencer Tracy as Warren Haggerty.

As World War II drew to a close, we...became icons, in a way, symbolizing the virtues that people loved best about America.

"[8] Van Johnson's biography, MGM's Golden Boy, states that Lucille Ball's performance as Gladys "reveals the embryo of her Lucy Ricardo role in the later I Love Lucy television series", and also states that Keenan Wynn had been in a motorcycle accident before filming, had his mouth wired shut, and as a result, he had to talk between his teeth while losing thirty pounds in four weeks.

for both of these pleasant young people have exceptionally keen comedy sense and their roles are the most productive of hilarity in the show .

"[16] Variety called the film "top-notch entertainment" and added, "Eddie Buzzell's direction emphasizes lightness and speed, despite picture's long footage .

Lucille Ball is a standout on the comedy end, particularly her sequence where she indulges in an inebriated flight into fantastic Shakespeare.

"[17] On July 17, 2007, Warner Home Video released the film as part of the box set TCM Spotlight – Esther Williams, Vol.