| Description |
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 592.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1, high-definition digital restoration, full screen. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. |
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Special features: "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 ; British television production of the play "Design for living" from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright Noël Coward ; new interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hecht's adaptation of the Coward play ; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kim Morgan. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Edward Everett Horton, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Jane Darwell, Miriam Hopkins. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Friendship -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
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Horton, Edward Everett.
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March, Fredric, 1897-1975.
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Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961.
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Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967.
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Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972.
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Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
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Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Brief encounter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Design for living (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604655254 |
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1604655259 |
| Standard No. |
715515090018 |
| Music No. |
CC2095D The Criterion Collection |
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