1933
comedy | romance | screwball
USA | English | Color | 01:31
Design for Living is a comedy play written by Noël Coward in 1932. It concerns a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship. Originally written to star Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt and Coward, it was premiered on Broadway, partly because its risqué subject matter was thought unacceptable to the official censor in London. It was not until 1939 that a London production was presented.
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Fredric March | Thomas B. 'Tom' Chambers |
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Gary Cooper | George Curtis |
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Miriam Hopkins | Gilda Farrell |
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Edward Everett Horton | Max Plunkett |
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Franklin Pangborn | Mr. Douglas / Theatrical Producer |
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Isabel Jewell | Plunkett's Stenographer |
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Jane Darwell | Curtis' Housekeeper |
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Wyndham Standing | Max's Butler |
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Cosmo Kyrle Bellew | Man |
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Lionel Belmore | Theatre Patron |
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Thomas Braidon | Douglas' Second Manager |
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Nora Cecil | Tom's Secretary |
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Emile Chautard | Train Conductor |
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Mathilde Comont | Heavy Woman |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Cafe Proprietress |
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James Donlan | Fat Man with Ring |
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Harry Dunkinson | Mr. Egelbauer |
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Estelle Etterre | Woman in audience |
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Helena Phillips Evans | Mrs. Egelbauer |
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Charles K. French | Theatre Patron |
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Mary Gordon | Theatre Chambermaid |
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Grace Hayle | Woman on Staircase |
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Olaf Hytten | Englishman at Train |
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Armand Kaliz | Mr. Burton |
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Colin Kenny | Theatre Patron |
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
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| Writer | Noel Coward, Ben Hecht, Samuel Hoffenstein | |
| Producer | Ernst Lubitsch | |
| Musician | John Leipold | |
| Photography | Victor Milner | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | HD Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Standard (1.33:1) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 06, 2011 |
| Regions | Region A |