Alan Mowbray, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard
A scatterbrained socialite hires Godfrey, a vagrant, as a family butler, but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Directed by: Alan Mowbray, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick, Gregory La Cava, Mischa Auer, William Powell
Release Date: September 6, 1936
DVD Release Date: September 17, 1998
Stats: 420 reviews
One of those rare near perfect films. The more I see of William Powell, the more I wish I could have sat down and had a beer with him. An extraordinary actor with an amazing range. He is never overstated, always choosing under the top delivery combined with perfect, subtle ges...( read more)
the ever vivacious carole lombard only seems to star in this american 30's"upstairs, downstairs" but actually she's only a stand-in, a mannequin for what hollywood powers-that-be must've thought of most of the a
"girls-next-door", rich or poor: vapid chowderheads. her only real...( read more)
This kind of comedy of manners is the kind of thing that would be made as a vehicle for Adam Sandler these days, and would therefore be mindless, hateful, junk. But starring the likes of Carole Lombard and William Powell, and sporting the kind of witty and insightful screwball sc...( read more)
My Man Godfrey falls under the I Want To Kick Myself In The Ass For Not Seeing This Sooner category. The characters are all lunatics (save Powell), they're all hilarious and if it weren't for the very, very end My Man Godfrey would be the perfect movie. The scene where Irene and ...( read more)
Great Great screwball comedy...Powell's best performance out side of the Thin Man series
My Man Godfrey is the story of Godfrey, a down on his luck fellow who is sought after by a pair of sisters for a scavenger hunt. Turning down the snootier of the two, he accepts the invitation of the younger one and unwittingly becomes the household butler. Unfortunately for Godf...( read more)
A watchable movie from beginning to end. A watchable movie also in the sense that I've seen it about four to six times now.
the ever vivacious carole lombard only seems to star in this american 30's"upstairs, downstairs" but actually she's only a stand-in, a mannequin for what hollywood powers-that-be must've thought of most of the a
"girls-next-door", rich or poor: vapid chowderheads. her only real job in this is to admire and long-for the offered smug boy-toy, william powell, who gamely is both "regular guy" hobo and erudite harvard grad, dream man. the lessons he "teaches" the upper class are made-to-order for what hollywood must've believed the lowerer classes (read: ticket buying) public really wanted to hear, which, if one watches, will have one dumbstruck at the audacious stupidity of the plan, played straight and w/o a wink. the only real sparks then in the film are hidden in the scenes between powell and the "bad girl", gail patrick (as smug as powell and blow for blow his equal, his ideal and thus, the right choice), whom he psych-crushes with some smarter-than-thou insightful pity simply because she's hip, knows she's his ever livin' ying, which leaves him bubbleheaded lombard, which powell himself doesn't seem to understand. still, a popular populist bit o'pablum that showcases the strong points of both leads.
I love this movie! I'll be honest the first time I saw this I didn't care for it that much. But, it's the kind of movie that grows on you. Carole Lombard is great in this movie, and so is Alice Brady (the mom). She's hilarous.
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