Design for Living (1933)
Sometimes Noel Coward is great, and sometimes he’s stinky—just like one of the leading men in the film Design for Living: Fredric March! Based on a Noel Coward play, this extremely nasty pre-Code movie would never have been made if Hollywood waited a short year. I’m so glad they didn’t wait, because it’s absolutely delightful and hilarious.
In France—because where else would this movie take place?—Fredric March and Gary Cooper are friends and roommates. They both fall in love with Miriam Hopkins, who acts and sounds exactly like Ginger Rogers in this romantic comedy, and Miriam falls in love with both of them! She can’t pick between them, so she proposes that they all three live together as friends. They agree to the “gentleman’s agreement,” but Miriam soon reclines on the bed and sighs, “Unfortunately, I’m no gentleman.” But which one does she say it to?
Design for Living is funny, sweet, charming, and sexy. Unless you have a moral objection to the premise, I highly recommend you rent the movie for girls’ night. There are countless quips and quotable lines, perfect coming timing from Edward Everett Horton, and a natural chemistry between the threesome. I’d love to see this performed onstage sometime!
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In France—because where else would this movie take place?—Fredric March and Gary Cooper are friends and roommates. They both fall in love with Miriam Hopkins, who acts and sounds exactly like Ginger Rogers in this romantic comedy, and Miriam falls in love with both of them! She can’t pick between them, so she proposes that they all three live together as friends. They agree to the “gentleman’s agreement,” but Miriam soon reclines on the bed and sighs, “Unfortunately, I’m no gentleman.” But which one does she say it to?
Design for Living is funny, sweet, charming, and sexy. Unless you have a moral objection to the premise, I highly recommend you rent the movie for girls’ night. There are countless quips and quotable lines, perfect coming timing from Edward Everett Horton, and a natural chemistry between the threesome. I’d love to see this performed onstage sometime!
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Juhi Thaker" for posting!
More Gary Cooper movies here!
More Miriam Hopkins movies here!
More Fredric March movies here!