Design for Living (#592)
Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins play a trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult āgentlemanās agreeĀmentā in this continental pre-Code comedy, freely adapted by Ben Hecht from a play by NoĆ«l Coward and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A risquĆ© relationship story and a witty take on creative pursuits, the film concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unableāor unwillingāto choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.Ā Design for LivingĀ is Lubitsch at his sexiest, an entertainment at once debonair and racy, featuring three stars at the height of their allure.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- āThe Clerk,ā starring Charles Laughton, director Ernst Lubitschās segment of the 1932 omnibus filmĀ If I Had a Million
- Selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul
- British television production of the playĀ Design for LivingĀ from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright NoĆ«l Coward
- New interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hechtās adaptation of the Coward play
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Kim Morgan
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Design for Living (#592)
Design for Living (#592)
Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins play a trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult āgentlemanās agreeĀmentā in this continental pre-Code comedy, freely adapted by Ben Hecht from a play by NoĆ«l Coward and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A risquĆ© relationship story and a witty take on creative pursuits, the film concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unableāor unwillingāto choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.Ā Design for LivingĀ is Lubitsch at his sexiest, an entertainment at once debonair and racy, featuring three stars at the height of their allure.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- āThe Clerk,ā starring Charles Laughton, director Ernst Lubitschās segment of the 1932 omnibus filmĀ If I Had a Million
- Selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul
- British television production of the playĀ Design for LivingĀ from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright NoĆ«l Coward
- New interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hechtās adaptation of the Coward play
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Kim Morgan
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Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins play a trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult āgentlemanās agreeĀmentā in this continental pre-Code comedy, freely adapted by Ben Hecht from a play by NoĆ«l Coward and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A risquĆ© relationship story and a witty take on creative pursuits, the film concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unableāor unwillingāto choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.Ā Design for LivingĀ is Lubitsch at his sexiest, an entertainment at once debonair and racy, featuring three stars at the height of their allure.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- āThe Clerk,ā starring Charles Laughton, director Ernst Lubitschās segment of the 1932 omnibus filmĀ If I Had a Million
- Selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul
- British television production of the playĀ Design for LivingĀ from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright NoĆ«l Coward
- New interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hechtās adaptation of the Coward play
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Kim Morgan
