feeldb

Design for Living

1933 · 91 min · Director: Ernst Lubitsch ★ IMDb 7.4 · 8,749 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

Ask Kadri Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Design for Living (1933) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Envy15%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Confusion. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Love
  • Hope

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Love
Hope
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %48 %8 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor48 %46 %13 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor50 %48 %23 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor53 %51 %24 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor54 %53 %24 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor59 %56 %34 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor60 %56 %34 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Hope57 %43 %34 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Love57 %35 %40 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Humor53 %38 %31 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Love49 %38 %30 %20 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Humor54 %45 %38 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor59 %48 %35 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Sadness61 %45 %31 %9 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Humor59 %51 %26 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Humor51 %51 %19 %14 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Humor53 %53 %15 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Humor64 %63 %23 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Humor72 %68 %33 %38 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Design for Living. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Design for Living — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

IJ
Isabel Jewell

Plunkett's Stenographer

JD
Jane Darwell

Curtis' Housekeeper

CK
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew

TB
Thomas Braidon

Douglas' Second Manager (uncredited)

NC
Nora Cecil

Tom's Secretary (uncredited)

ÉC
Émile Chautard

Train Conductor (uncredited)

MC
Mathilde Comont

Heavy Woman (uncredited)

AD
Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Cafe Proprietress (uncredited)

JD
James Donlan

Fat Man with Ring (uncredited)

HD
Harry Dunkinson

Mr. Egelbauer (uncredited)

EE
Estelle Etterre

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

HP
Helena Phillips Evans

Mrs. Egelbauer (uncredited)

CK
Charles K. French

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Written by
Ben Hecht, Ben Hecht
Type
Movies
Released
1933
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 8,749 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
Data updated

Where to watch

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.