Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. When she can't make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a "gentleman's agreement": She will move in with them as a friend and critic of their work, but they will never have sex. But when Tom goes to London to supervise a production of one of his plays, leaving Gilda alone with George, how long will their gentleman's agreement last... (Full plot summary below)
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Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. When she can't make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a "gentleman's agreement": She will move in with them as a friend and critic of their work, but they will never have sex. But when Tom goes to London to supervise a production of one of his plays, leaving Gilda alone with George, how long will their gentleman's agreement last?
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| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe "Lubitsch Touch," indeed: edged and between the ribs before you know it's being brandished. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeFor Lubitsch, the film would mark the end of his most creative period at Paramount (1929-1933) -- and a fine final bow it is. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonEven when Lubitsch filmed a play by Noel Coward, he still made it his own. Design for Living doesn't feel like a celebrated play; it feels like a Lubitsch movie. |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinA daring movie that satirizes sexual mores and heaps irony upon irony. If Hollywood tried to remake this movie today, they would probably take the ménage à trois set-up and strip away all the depth. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonIt isn't [Lubitsch's] fleetest work, or most sustained, but it has moments of unbridled genius. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn elegant romantic farce that seems heavy-handed when it's meant to be lighthearted. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongThe dialogue is sharp without seeming too impeccably perfect to be real human speech. |
| User ReviewDavid HAnother Amusing Romantic Comedy directed by the Master Ernst Lubitsch about Fredric March & Gary Cooper as Two Writers who fall in Love with the same Woman played by the lovely Miriam Cooper who twist up their Heads and is torn between having Fun with them and marry a Solid Citizen to live a Sober Life. She is also critizing the Books of their Fellas in Love and always rate them Rotten. |
| User ReviewPatricia PErnst Lubitsch's best movie. Funny, sexy, and smart. Miriam Hopkins was the true queen of precode. |
| User ReviewH CIt's on Flixster now! One of the best movies ever. |
