Design for Living (1933)

19331h 21mdir. Ernst Lubitsch, Ben HechtUnited Statesromantic comedy

Note: this print runs 81 minutes against a recorded 88 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Wyndham Standing, Lionel Belmore, William Worthington, Isabel Jewell

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Ben Hecht

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Design for Living is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, based on the 1932 play of the same name by Noël Coward. Starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins, the film is about a woman who cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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