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



Marlene Dietrich
Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

Herbert Marshall
Sir Frederick Barker

Melvyn Douglas
Anthony 'Tony' Halton

Edward Everett Horton
Graham

Ernest Cossart
Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

Laura Hope Crews
Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna

Herbert Mundin
Mr. Greenwood

Dennie Moore
Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton

Gino Corrado
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff
Angel is a romance, drama, comedy film released in 1937 exploring themes of dual identity, paris, france, love triangle, love at first sight, servant, romantic rivalry. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas. While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
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