{"id":13594,"date":"2011-01-19T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=13594"},"modified":"2013-06-20T19:02:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T23:02:56","slug":"guest-review-design-for-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=13594","title":{"rendered":"Design for Living (1933): Movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/tag\/fredric-march\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13595\" title=\"Design for Living: A Classic Movie Review\" alt=\"Design For Living starring Gary Cooper and Fredric March\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/design_for_living_1933_us-230x300.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/design_for_living_1933_us-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/design_for_living_1933_us.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a title=\"Design for Living\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D55265&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Design for Living<\/a>, Tom Chambers (<a title=\"Fredric March\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Fredric+March\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fredric March<\/a>) and George Curtis (<a title=\"Gary Cooper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Gary+Cooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gary Cooper<\/a>) are a couple of artistic best friends.\u00a0 Tom is a playwright and George is a painter.\u00a0 They may not be rich, but they\u2019re happy living together in their dingy apartment.\u00a0 But all that changes when they meet Gilda Farrell (<a title=\"Miriam Hopkins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Miriam+Hopkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Miriam Hopkins<\/a>), an artist working for an advertising agency, on a train trip.\u00a0 She immediately hits it off with both of them and the duo becomes a trio.\u00a0 However, Tom and George both fall in love with Gilda and Gilda loves both of them back.\u00a0 When Tom and George realize this, they agree to try to forget about Gilda, but that doesn\u2019t last long.\u00a0 The thing is, Gilda can\u2019t decide who she loves more so she suggests that she move in with both of them so she can make up her mind.<\/p>\n<p>When Gilda moves in, she helps the guys out by criticizing their work and inspiring them to be more creative.\u00a0 She takes one of Tom\u2019s plays and gives it to a producer, who agrees to produce it in London.\u00a0 While in London, just as Tom is dictating a letter to Gilda and George about how much he\u2019s looking forward to seeing them again, he gets word that Gilda has chosen George over him.\u00a0 Even though Tom is heartbroken, his play goes on to become a huge success.\u00a0 One night, he runs into Gilda\u2019s former employer and wannabe lover Max Plunkett (<a title=\"Edward Everett Horton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Edward+Everett+Horton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Edward Everett Horton<\/a>), who tells Tom that George has become a successful painter.\u00a0 Tom goes to Paris to see George, only to find he has moved to a swanky penthouse and is out of town working on a portrait.\u00a0 He\u2019s told he can talk to George\u2019s secretary, who turns out to be Gilda.\u00a0 Gilda and Tom quickly rekindle their romance and he spends the night at their place.\u00a0 They are quite surprised when George returns a few days earlier than expected and immediately figures out what happened, and throws both of them out.\u00a0 But before Tom and Gilda can leave, she writes each of them a farewell letter and runs off to marry Max.<\/p>\n<p>With Gilda out of the picture, Tom and George become good friends again.\u00a0 However, once Gilda is married, she loathes having to entertain Max\u2019s clients and playing inane party games.\u00a0 The night Max is having a very important party for his clients, Tom and George decide to crash the party and hide up in Gilda\u2019s bedroom.\u00a0 When she escapes from the party and finds them there, the three of them have a great time telling stories and laughing.\u00a0 After Max comes in and finds them, he throws them out, but they just go downstairs and start a big fight with the guests.\u00a0 Gilda decides to leave Max and heads out with Tom and George to resume their old lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>I adored Design for Living!\u00a0 Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins had real chemistry together and\u00a0were absolutely delightful to watch.\u00a0 With Cooper and March both at their most handsome, who can blame Miriam Hopkins for having a hard time choosing between the two?\u00a0 The writing is smart, witty, and sophisticated, even if it was drastically rewritten from the original Noel Coward play.\u00a0 Only one line from the original play made its way into the movie.\u00a0 And with <a title=\"Ernst Lubitsch \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Ernst+Lubitsch+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ernst Lubitsch <\/a>in the director\u2019s chair, it\u2019s got that infamous sleek, stylish touch.\u00a0 I loved everything about it.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve never seen it before, I can\u2019t recommend it highly enough.<\/p>\n<p><em>Angela is a classic film enthusiast from Detroit with a degree in Television Production.\u00a0She runs the blog <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>The Hollywood Revue<\/strong><\/a> and is the co-author of Cooking With the Classics: Recipes 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