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Design for Living (1933)

NR ★ 7.1/10 91 min Comedy, Romance United States English
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay by: Ben Hecht
Theatre Play: Noël Coward
Streaming: Not available
Three hearts that beat as one.

Description

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

Top Cast

Fredric March
Fredric March Tom Chambers
Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins Gilda Farrell
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper George Curtis
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton Max Plunkett
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn Mr. Douglas
Isabel Jewell
Isabel Jewell Plunkett's Stenographer
Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell Curtis' Housekeeper
Wyndham Standing
Wyndham Standing Max's Butler

Design for Living Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #589

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #76

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films
Letterboxd #41
Showdown Its Complicated
Letterboxd Showdown #10

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