Design for living

Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 (Producer, Director). Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 (Screenwriter). Milner, Victor, 1893-1972 (Cinematographer). Marsh, Frances, 1897-1958 (Film editor). Leipold, John M. (Composer). Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966 (Artistic director). Banton, Travis, 1894-1958 (Costume designer). March, Fredric, 1897-1975 (Actor). Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961 (Actor). Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972 (Actor). Horton, Edward Everett. (Actor). Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958 (Actor). Jewell, Isabel, 1909-1972 (Actor). Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967 (Actor). Standing, Wyndham, 1880-1963 (Actor). Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962 (Actor). Paul, William, 1944- (Commentator). McBride, Joseph, 1947- (Commentator). Coward, Noel 1899-1973 Design for living. (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewell, Jane Darwell, Wyndham Standing. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781604655254
ISBN: 1604655259
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (ill. ; 19 cm.).
Edition: Two-DVD special ed.
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the play by Noël Coward. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933. Special features: Disc 1. "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. Disc 2. "Joseph McBride: the screenplay" film historian and screenwriter Joseph McBride discusses Coward, the adaptation, and Hecht's career; "Play of the week: a choice of Coward" British television production of the play "Design for living" from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright Noël Coward. Booklet: "It takes three" essay by film critic Kim Morgan.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photographed by Victor Milner ; editor, Frances Marsh ; original music, John Leipold ; art director, Hans Dreier ; costume design, Travis Banton.
Participant or Performer Note:	Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewell, Jane Darwell, Wyndham Standing.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:	Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.