---
title: 'Design for Living (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/design-for-living-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023940/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Design for Living (1933)

1933 · 88 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Design for Living is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, based on the 1932 play of the same name by Noël Coward. Starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins, the film is about a woman who cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Leipold](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-leipold)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Frances Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marsh)

## Cast

- [Fredric March](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-march)
- [Miriam Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/miriam-hopkins)
- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)
- [Vernon Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-steele)
- [Mathilde Comont](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-comont)
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-everett-horton)
- [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore)
- [Charles K. French](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-k-french)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [Grace Hayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-hayle)
- [Nora Cecil](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-cecil)
- [Adrienne D'Ambricourt](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-d-ambricourt)
- [Rolfe Sedan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-sedan)
- [Armand Kaliz](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-kaliz)
- [Émile Chautard](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-chautard)

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