Design for Living

Dec 29, 1933

1h 31m

★ 7.1

Three hearts that beat as one.

Overview

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Design for Living Trailers

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Cast

Tom Chambers

Fredric March

Gilda Farrell

Miriam Hopkins

George Curtis

Gary Cooper

Max Plunkett

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Douglas

Franklin Pangborn

Plunkett's Stenographer

Isabel Jewell

Curtis' Housekeeper

Jane Darwell

Max's Butler

Wyndham Standing

Man (uncredited)

Cosmo Kyrle Bellew

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore

Douglas' Second Manager (uncredited)

Thomas Braidon

Tom's Secretary (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.

7.2

Wings

Aug 12, 1927

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

6.6

Love Me Tonight

Aug 18, 1932

A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.

7.2

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Jan 3, 1956

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

6.9

The Smiling Lieutenant

Aug 1, 1931

An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

7.2

Gold Diggers of 1933

May 27, 1933

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

6.8

Queen Christina

Dec 26, 1933

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

6.9

The Scarlet Empress

May 9, 1934

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

7.0

Manhattan Melodrama

May 4, 1934

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

6.5

That Malicious Age

Mar 11, 1975

Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.

6.2

City Streets

Apr 18, 1931

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

5.0

It's Great to Be Alive

Jul 8, 1933

An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.

0.0

Café de París

Dec 27, 1943

After suffering a family tragedy, Carmen leaves Spain and emigrates to Paris, where she will make new friends among some of the most peculiar characters who inhabit the bohemian neighborhoods of the city. (Partially lost film.)

6.9

Punjab Nahi Jaungi

Aug 31, 2017

A man vows to win the heart of the woman he loves.

6.1

Morning Glory

Aug 18, 1933

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?

7.0

Roberta

Mar 7, 1935

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

6.8

Twentieth Century

May 11, 1934

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.