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Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins play a trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult “gentleman’s agreement” in this continental pre-Code comedy, freely adapted by Ben Hecht from a play by Noël Coward and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A risqué relationship story and a witty take on creative pursuits, the film concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unable—or unwilling—to choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light. Design for Living is Lubitsch at his sexiest, an entertainment at once debonair and racy, featuring three stars at the height of their allure.
Original Release
11/29/1933
US Release
11/29/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers / Tom Chambers |
Gary Cooper | George Curtis |
Miriam Hopkins | Gilda Farrell |
Edward Everett Horton | Max Plunkett |
Franklin Pangborn | Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer / Mr. Douglas |
Isabel Jewell | Plunkett's Stenographer |
Jane Darwell | Curtis' Housekeeper |
Wyndham Standing | Max's Butler |
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew | Man |
Lionel Belmore | Theatre Patron |
Directors
Writers
Noël Coward, Ben Hecht, Samuel Hoffenstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers / Tom Chambers |
Gary Cooper | George Curtis |
Miriam Hopkins | Gilda Farrell |
Edward Everett Horton | Max Plunkett |
Franklin Pangborn | Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer / Mr. Douglas |
Isabel Jewell | Plunkett's Stenographer |
Jane Darwell | Curtis' Housekeeper |
Wyndham Standing | Max's Butler |
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew | Man |
Lionel Belmore | Theatre Patron |
Thomas Braidon | Douglas' Second Manager |
Nora Cecil | Tom's Secretary |
Emile Chautard | Train Conductor |
Mathilde Comont | Heavy Woman |
Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Cafe Proprietress |
James Donlan | Fat Man with Ring |
Harry Dunkinson | Mr. Egelbauer |
Estelle Etterre | Woman in audience |
Helena Phillips Evans | Mrs. Egelbauer |
Charles K. French | Theatre Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ernst Lubitsch | Producer |