ComedyMovieRomance Design for Living Status: Released Release Date: 1933-12-29 Design for Living Comedy Romance Overview An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves. Trailer Cast Fredric March Tom Chambers Miriam Hopkins Gilda Farrell Gary Cooper George Curtis Edward Everett Horton Max Plunkett Franklin Pangborn Mr. Douglas Isabel Jewell Plunkett's Stenographer Jane Darwell Curtis' Housekeeper Wyndham Standing Max's Butler Cosmo Kyrle Bellew Man (uncredited) Lionel Belmore Theatre Patron (uncredited) Thomas Braidon Douglas' Second Manager (uncredited) Nora Cecil Tom's Secretary (uncredited) Émile Chautard Train Conductor (uncredited) Mathilde Comont Heavy Woman (uncredited) Adrienne D'Ambricourt Cafe Proprietress (uncredited) James Donlan Fat Man with Ring (uncredited) Harry Dunkinson Mr. Egelbauer (uncredited) Estelle Etterre Woman in Audience (uncredited) Helena Phillips Evans Mrs. Egelbauer (uncredited) Charles K. French Theatre Patron (uncredited) Mary Gordon Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) Grace Hayle Woman on Staircase (uncredited) Olaf Hytten Englishman at Train (uncredited) Armand Kaliz Mr. Burton (uncredited) Colin Kenny Theatre Patron (uncredited) Edmund Mortimer Theatre Patron (uncredited) George Savidan Boy (uncredited) Rolfe Sedan Bed Salesman (uncredited) Vernon Steele Douglas' First Manager (uncredited) Mrs. Treboal Gilda's Landlady (uncredited) Barry Winton Man (uncredited) Florence Wix Party Guest (uncredited) William Worthington Theatre Patron (uncredited) Scotty Mattraw Man Laughing in Audience (uncredited) Crew Ben Hecht Writing Ernst Lubitsch Directing Ernst Lubitsch Production Victor Milner Camera Noël Coward Writing John Leipold Sound Frances Marsh Editing Hans Dreier Art Travis Banton Costume & Make-Up