My husband was up at the cabin, so last night I watched "Design for Living" with Fredrich March, Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins, and then "Rosemary's Baby". I had never seen the first movie, but it was clever and riske and fun. I adore Miriam Hopkins. This film was precode and was shocking, in the premise. The three stars managed to make it adorable, even though it was about a menage a trois. I had not seen the sixties film in decades and it holds up really well, partly because it implies rather than hits us over the head with shocking scenes, in contrast to Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", a hideous cliched attempt at a coven. The metaphor is impeccable, powerful as ever. Anyone pregnant has had that feeling of being taken over, not listened to, and controlled by doctors and friends. Farrow is perfectly cast, as is Cassavetes.
Of course, I had a bit of trouble sleeping after seeing a scary movie, and woke up early, but it was worth it.
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