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Design for Living

  • 19331933
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 31m
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7.4/10
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Design for Living (1933)
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ComedyRomance
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
6.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
22,421
2,100
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    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Noël Coward(play)
      • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
      • Samuel Hoffenstein(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Fredric March
      • Gary Cooper
      • Miriam Hopkins
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Noël Coward(play)
      • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
      • Samuel Hoffenstein(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Fredric March
      • Gary Cooper
      • Miriam Hopkins
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews

    Videos1

    Design for Living: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]
    Trailer 1:43
    Design for Living: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]

    Photos64

    Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Miriam Hopkins in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins in Design for Living (1933)
    Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Edward Everett Horton in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Fredric March and Wyndham Standing in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)
    Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, and Fredric March in Design for Living (1933)

    Top cast

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    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • George Curtis
    Miriam Hopkins
    Miriam Hopkins
    • Gilda Farrell
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Max Plunkett
    Franklin Pangborn
    Franklin Pangborn
    • Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • Plunkett's Stenographer
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Curtis' Housekeeper
    Wyndham Standing
    Wyndham Standing
    • Max's Butler
    Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
    Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    • Theatre Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Thomas Braidon
    • Douglas' Second Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    • Tom's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Emile Chautard
    Emile Chautard
    • Train Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Mathilde Comont
    Mathilde Comont
    • Heavy Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Adrienne D'Ambricourt
    Adrienne D'Ambricourt
    • Cafe Proprietress
    • (uncredited)
    James Donlan
    • Fat Man with Ring
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Dunkinson
    Harry Dunkinson
    • Mr. Egelbauer
    • (uncredited)
    Estelle Etterre
    Estelle Etterre
    • Woman in audience
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Noël Coward(play)
      • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
      • Samuel Hoffenstein(screenplay) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Considerable censorship difficulties arose because of sexual discussions and innuendos, although the Hays Office eventually approved the film for release. However, the film was banned by the Legion of Decency and was refused a certificate for re-release by censor Joseph Breen in 1934 when the Production Code was more rigorously enforced.
    • Goofs
      Camera shadow visible on window frame as Gilda sets the table.
    • Quotes

      Max Plunkett: Immorality may be fun, but it isn't fun enough to take the place of one hundred percent virtue and three square meals a day.

    • Connections
      Featured in Complicated Women (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      The Star Spangled Banner
      (1814) (uncredited)

      Music by John Stafford Smith

      Hummed by Gary Cooper and Fredric March

    User reviews55

    Review
    Top review
    Another Gem from Paramount
    Intelligent script, witty dialogue, sexy stars, sophisticated story, deft direction…What more can I say? It's Lubitsch and Paramount at its Pre-Code best! This was another of those "vintage" films of which you had the chance of reading a lot about, but before Universal released "The Gary Cooper Collection", where it's included, you had nowhere to watch it. Of course, I bought promptly the aforementioned set.

    The picture tells the story of free-spirited Gilda Farrell, a young lady who works at a Parisian Advertising Agency, managed by that great seasoned pro, Edward Everett Horton, who by chance meets on board a train, struggling, penniless, artists George Curtis, a painter (Gary Cooper) and Thomas Chambers, a playwright (Fredric March), in which may be one of the most "risqué" plots of all the Pre-Code Era, dealing openly with the pros and cons of a mènage-a-trois.

    Miriam Hopkins portrays the deliciously mischievous Gilda, giving a top, tongue-in-cheek performance, looking absolutely beautiful and full of glow from within; it's really in her films directed by Lubitsch that her appeal shines at its most and she looks at her attractive-best.

    Fredric March is good too as the "more down-to-earth-but-nevertheless-madly-in-love" playwright, who lives with buddy Gary Cooper in a miserable tenement, until Miriam Hopkins comes in scene and to "the rescue".

    But the revelation, in my opinion, is Gary Cooper; after seeing him in many of his 1930s films, I feel that I like him best in the variety of roles he got to play in those years: a young idealist in "Peter Ibbetson", a sensitive soldier in "A Farewell to Arms", a sophisticated artist in this one, etc. He really was a good actor from the beginning of his "talkies" career (I haven't seen his Silents, so I cannot give an opinion), showing much skill and depth in his interpretations. In this film he plays excellently opposite such strong talents as Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March, absolutely "a la par".

    In all, a highly enjoyable film. Smart Entertainment. A must.
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    • Jun 28, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Not Married
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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