Design for Living
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Based on the play by Noël Coward.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933.
Special features: "The clerk," starring Charles Laughton, director Ernst Lubitsch's segment of the 1932 omnibus film "If I had a million" ; selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul ; British television production of the play "Design for living" from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright Noël Coward ; new interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hecht's adaptation of the Coward play ; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kim Morgan.
Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton.
"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 (Notorious) from a play. A risque relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist unable, or unwilling, to choose between the equally dashing painter and playwright she meets on a train en route to the City of Light."
DVD; Dolby Digital mono.; region 1, NTSC.
Contents: Design for living.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
592.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604655254
1604655259
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
March, Fredric, 1897-1975.
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961.
Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972.
Horton, Edward Everett.
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Friendship -- Drama.
Feature films.
Romantic comedy films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.