Design for Living

Design for Living

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1933-12-29
Duration:91 min
Director:Ernst Lubitsch
Actors:Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn
Production:Paramount Pictures

Overview:

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

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