Should I Watch Easy to Wed or Easy to Love?

It's easy to confuse Easy to Wed and Easy to Love (trust me, I did it for about a year), so look no further, I'm here with your guide on which one to watch!

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What's the plot?

Easy to Wed: "In this remake of Libeled Lady, a tough newspaper editor hires a gigolo to compromise a woman suing his paper for libel."

Easy to Love: "Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star."

Wait, remake? Of Libeled Lady?!

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Yes, just go with it (or watch Libeled Lady, it wins in a contest between the two hands-down). 

Is there a purposeful strut in a gown? 

Easy to Wed: Yes, just watch Lucille Ball storming into the newsroom in her wedding dress.

Easy to Love: Yes, just watch Esther Williams storming across the grounds of Cypress Gardens in a ball gown. 

Can you summarize the love story between Esther Williams and Van Johnson in a sentence?

Easy to Wed: He does want to marry her.

Easy to Love: He doesn't want to marry her (until he does). 

Is there water skiing?

Easy to Wed: Yes, Esther goes down a slide in Mexico City on a toboggan-y looking thing with a man on it. 

Easy to Love: Yes, Esther goes water skiing all over Cypress Gardens. 

Does Esther Williams wind up with Van Johnson?

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Easy to Wed: Yes

Easy to Love: Yes

Are there any fun cameos?

Easy to Wed: If you had Fidel Castro (that's not a typo) on your Bingo card, fill in that square.

Easy to Love: After Esther Williams's character jilts Tony Martin's, he runs into another woman who works at Cypress Gardens, and it just so happens to be his real-life wife Cyd Charisse. The two were married for 60 years!

Which one has the better swimming sequence?

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Easy to Wed features a diving board at swimming pools. 

Easy to Love features waterskiing, a helicopter, a trapeze, and water chutes.