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DESIGN FOR LIVING Selected-Scene Commentary

Design for Living • 35m

In this selected-scene commentary, Professor William Paul, author of “Ernst Lubitsch’s American Comedy,” provides a visual analysis of the film and traces the development of the director’s style from TROUBLE IN PARADISE to DESIGN FOR LIVING.

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    Between TROUBLE IN PARADISE and DESIGN FOR LIVING, Ernst Lubitsch directed a segment of the 1932 omnibus film IF I HAD A MILLION for Paramount Pictures. The film is a series of vignettes about a dying tycoon, played by Richard Bennett, who decides to give his money to eight randomly selected stra...

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