Colorized Classic Movie: My Man Godfrey - A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Director: Gregory La Cava
Writers: Morrie Ryskind(screen play), Eric Hatch(screen play), Zoe Akins(contributing writer)
Stars: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 1 September 1936 (USA)
Filming Location: Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Storyline:
In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past...
Reviews:
"I don't want to be one of those "they don't make 'em like they used to" people, but I just can't help it when it comes to comedy. We've lost that talent completely, it seems. I can't think of any really great comedies of the past ten years. The golden age for film comedy was the mid 1930s to the mid 1940s (at least for the talkies; silent comedies were a totally different art form). This is also the period of the screwball comedy. My Man Godfrey was one of the first screwball comedies. Films such as Bringing Up Baby and The Lady Eve perfected the form, but My Man Godfrey is nearly as perfect. It isn't quite as funny as Bringing Up Baby nor is it as emotionally resonant as The Lady Eve, but it is funny, it has depression era social commentary (its main theme is identical to Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, beating it by 6 years), and the script is marvelous. The finale is as good as any other comic finale, including the last scene of Some Like it Hot."
- written by "zetes" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) My Man Godfrey
Argentina La porfiada Irene
Australia My Man Godfrey
Austria Sie und der Kammerdiener
Brazil Irene, a Teimosa
Canada (French title) My Man Godfrey
Canada (English title) My Man Godfrey
Denmark Godfrey ordner alt
Finland Godfrey järjestää kaiken
France Godfrey
France Mon homme Godfrey
France (reissue title) My Man Godfrey
Germany (DVD title) Mein Mann Godfrey
Germany Mein Mann Godfrey
Greece (transliterated title) O andras mou, o alitis
Greece (TV title) Kamarieris gia oles tis douleies
Hungary My Man Godfrey
Hungary (TV title) Godfrey, a lakáj
Hungary Finom család
Italy L'impareggiabile Godfrey
Japan Tsuzure to hôseki
Japan (Japanese title) 襤褸と宝石
Mexico Porfiada Irene
Netherlands (literal title) Mijn man Godfrey
Norway Godfrey kan alt
Poland Mój pan mąż
Portugal Doidos Milionários
Romania Valetul meu Godfrey
Soviet Union (Russian title) Мой слуга Годфри
Spain Al servicio de las damas
Sweden Godfrey ordnar allt
Turkey (Turkish title) Lüks Hayat
UK My Man Godfrey
USA My Man Godfrey
West Germany Mein Mann Godfrey
Yugoslavia (Serbian title) (literal title) Diskretni sobar Godfri
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