Design for Living

Part of our series Wild, Weird, Wicked: Films From Before the Code!

Book signing and pre-screening introduction by Kim Luperi, co-author of 

Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era, 1930-1934.

Ernst Lubitsch and Ben Hecht‘s sparkling, sophisticated, and undeniably sexy adaption of Noel Coward‘s hit play features a peerless Miriam Hopkins as Gilda, a woman who cannot decide between the two men who love her, played by Fredric March and Gary Cooper.

“A risqué relationship story and a witty take on creative pursuits, the film concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unable—or unwilling—to choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light . . . an entertainment at once debonair and racy, featuring three stars at the height of their allure.” – Criterion

Books will be available for sale courtesy of our friends at Dog Eared Books, with Kim signing books after the screening.