Dec 16, 2011 | Belleville News Democrat
'Design for Living' reissue a cause to celebrate Miriam Hopkins
Last week the Criterion Collection released a very swanky prospect for your gift-giving and cinephiliac needs: DVD and Blu-ray editions of the Ernst Lubitsch adaptation of Noel Coward's "Design for Living," adapted - freely - by former Chicago newspaper reporter and playwright Ben Hecht.
DVD Review: 'Design for Living'
When Ernst Lubitsch's comedy about a Bohemian menage a trois was released in 1933, it took a lot of heat for its lack of fidelity to Noel Coward's original stage play.
Kim Morgan: It Takes Three: Design for Living
A "gentleman's agreeA ment" is not so easy -- not when it comes to Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper and Fredric March.
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