
Design for Living(1933)
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.


“She Was Gorgeous - He Was A Man . . . So, the other girl had to wait !”
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

Jean Harlow
Ann Schuyler

Robert Williams
Stewart Smith

Loretta Young
Gallagher

Halliwell Hobbes
Smythe

Reginald Owen
Dexter Grayson

Louise Closser Hale
Mrs. Schuyler

Don Dillaway
Michael Schuyler

Edmund Breese
Conroy

Walter Catlett
Bingy Baker

Claud Allister
Dawson - the Valet
Platinum Blonde is a comedy, romance film released in 1931 exploring themes of love triangle, unrequited love, pre-code. Directed by Frank Capra, it stars Jean Harlow, Robert Williams, Loretta Young. Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
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