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Name: My Man Godfrey (1936)
Released: 1936-9-6
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette

My Man Godfrey (1936)

NR
1h 33m
1936

97%

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A landmark screwball comedy from Hollywood’s golden age, My Man Godfrey follows the madcap antics of a ditzy debutante (Carole Lombard) who stumbles upon a “forgotten man” (William Powell) at the city dump. Determined to help Godfrey out, she offers him work in her household and he soon becomes the perfect butler for her eccentric family. As the family’s antics grow increasingly more absurd, it is only a matter of time before Godfrey’s secret past is revealed. Featuring brilliant comedic performances by Carole Lombard and William Powell along with Mischa Auer and Alice Brady, this timeless comedy classic was the first film ever to receive Academy Award® nominations in all four acting categories.

Director:

Gregory La Cava

Producer:

Gregory La Cava

Writer:

Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch

Cast:

William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Jean Dixon

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

97%

Critics Consensus: A class satire in a class of its own, My Man Godfrey's screwball comedy is as sharp as the social commentary is biting.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

This scintillating comedy was the first film to be Oscar-nominated in all four acting categories.

It is a wonderful film with a conscientious mind.

It remains one of the very best screwball comedies of the era, as well as one of the greatest movies ever made.

An excellent farce, given an extremely lavish production; it should keep audiences laughing from the beginning to the very end.

Arguably the best of these reliably eat-the-rich films...the film's satirical edge emerges from its pillorying of the propertied classes and the empty promise of economic recovery.

June 19, 2020

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