fredricmarch:

Design for Living, 1933 (Directed by Ernst Lubitsch)

Ernst Lubitsch, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, and Fredric March

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper in Design for Living

11/29/33

Ernst Lubitsch: Look, Gary.  Stop trying to save film.  I have lots of film.  You don’t have to charge through a scene, like a bull.  Take two seconds.  Do like Freddie.  His pauses are valuable to me … they make a subtle point.  That’s what film is for—to make a point.  Now, you are just as big a star as Freddie.  Your pauses are just as valuable to me.

Gary Cooper: But, they aren’t!

(March was making three times Cooper’s salary, but soon after this conversation, Coop went to the front office to ask for a pay raise to equal his male costar.)

miriamhopkins:

The ultimate trio. :)

fredricmarch:

Design for Living, 1933 (Directed by Ernst Lubitsch)

Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins

Writer Ben Hecht and producer-director Ernst Lubitsch retained only one line from the original play by Noel Coward: “For the good of our immortal souls!” (via IMDb)

frankie-machine:

Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, and director Ernst Lubitsch on the set of Design for Living (1933)

mothgirlwings:

Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March

Design For Living - 1933

pickurselfup:

Design for Living (1933)

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, & Gary Cooper

pickurselfup:

Design for Living (1933)

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, & Gary Cooper

pickurselfup:

Design for Living (1933)

Gary Cooper & Miriam Hopkins

hazelloveswally:

Design for Living (1933)

Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March & Gary Cooper

Love it!

blissfulreverie:

Design for Living (1933)

100 Favorite Films: #1 Design for Living (1933)

It’s true we had a gentleman’s agreement, but unfortunately, I am no gentleman.

Starring Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch