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Design for Living (1933)

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A woman can't decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

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Cast

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Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers
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George Curtis
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Max Plunkett
Franklin Pangborn ...
Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer
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Plunkett's Stenographer
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Storyline

Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. When she can't make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a "gentleman's agreement": She will move in with them as a friend and critic of their work, but they will never have sex. But when Tom goes to London to supervise a production of one of his plays, leaving Gilda alone with George, how long will their gentleman's agreement last? Written by Capel Cleggs <capelcleggs@my-deja.com>

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Comedy | Romance

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29 December 1933 (USA)  »

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Not Married  »

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(Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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Trivia

The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 24 January 1933 and had 135 perfomancs. The 3 leads were played Noel Coward, Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. There were 2 Broadway revivals, the last in 2001. See more »

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Shadow of boom mic visible at train station. See more »

Quotes

Tom Chambers: George betrayed me for you. Without wishing to flatter you, I understood that. I can still understand it. But you betrayed me for George. An incredible choice!
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Connections

Referenced in Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Star Spangled Banner"
(1814) (uncredited)
Music by John Stafford Smith
Hummed by Gary Cooper and Fredric March
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Pre Code Elegance
17 July 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Delightful even if more Ben Hecht than Noel Coward. The "menage a trois" has real brains, wit and magic. All due to the sensational chemistry between Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins and, of course, the unmistakable Lubitch touch. I was going to say that the film seems written today but the sad truth is there is nobody today that could write with this extraordinary elegance. Frediric March is masculine and volcanic, Gary Cooper feminine and irresistible and Miriam Hopkins, a sensational modern comedienne. As if this wasn't enough, Edward Everett Horton as Mr Wrong. The scene in which Hopkins compares Cooper and March to hats is one of my all time favorites.


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