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Design for Living
Playwright Fredric March and artist Gary Cooper both fall in love with Miriam Hopkins, an American living in Paris. Since Miriam cannot decide between the two men, the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
7 May 1901, Helena, Montana, USA
19 July 1907, Shoshoni, Wyoming, USA
15 October 1879, Palmyra, Missouri, USA
31 August 1897, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
18 October 1902, Savannah, Georgia, USA
23 August 1880, London, England, UK
23 January 1889, Newark, New Jersey, USA
18 March 1886, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
October 21, 2011
An elegant romantic farce that seems heavy-handed when it's meant to be lighthearted.
February 26, 2003
Well, maybe it is a little lumpy for Lubitsch, but I think the film more than holds its own.
January 07, 2012
Even when Lubitsch filmed a play by Noel Coward, he still made it his own. Design for Living doesn't feel like a celebrated play; it feels like a Lubitsch movie.
July 27, 2011
For Lubitsch, the film would mark the end of his most creative period at Paramount (1929-1933) -- and a fine final bow it is.
December 18, 2011
beneath the sublime surface of Lubitsch's best films beats a human heart full of recognizable desires, fears, flaws, and longings, which is precisely what sets his work apart from its sleazier, more mundane counterparts
January 26, 2006
The script galumphs when it should glide.
March 12, 2013
The "Lubitsch Touch," indeed: edged and between the ribs before you know it's being brandished.
December 15, 2011
A daring movie that satirizes sexual mores and heaps irony upon irony. If Hollywood tried to remake this movie today, they would probably take the ménage à trois set-up and strip away all the depth.
February 25, 2003
A química entre o trio principal é ótima, mas o roteiro, livremente adaptado a partir de uma peça de Noel Coward, jamais aproveita o potencial de seus personagens.
February 03, 2012
The dialogue is sharp without seeming too impeccably perfect to be real human speech.
August 26, 2009
Welcome to bohemia!
March 15, 2012
It isn't [Lubitsch's] fleetest work, or most sustained, but it has moments of unbridled genius.
