Based on the novel by Eric Hatch, this screwball comedy is a genre favorite. On a scavenger hunt for a society ball, haughty Cornelia Bullock discovers Godfrey, a dirty, dishevelled bum lurking around the city dump. She's looking for a "forgotten man" and Godfrey fits the bill perfectly. Hoping to win her first prize, she offers him five dollars to come along with her. Proud and dignified, he refuses, casting her aside. Minutes later, when her lovely younger sister Irene makes the same request, an enamored Godfrey accepts. The hunt sets off an unusual chain of events that bring Godfrey into the Bullock household as a permanent fixture. He'll become deeply embroiled in their family saga before anyone learns his true identity. Re-made in 1957.
Based on the novel by Eric Hatch, this screwball comedy is a genre favorite. On a scavenger hunt for a society ball, haughty Cornelia Bullock discovers Godfrey, a dirty, dishevelled bum lurking around the city dump. She's looking for a "forgotten man" and Godfrey fits the bill perfectly. Hoping to win her first prize, she offers him five dollars to come along with her. Proud and dignified, he refuses, casting her aside. Minutes later, when her lovely younger sister Irene makes the same request, an enamored Godfrey accepts. The hunt sets off an unusual chain of events that bring Godfrey into the Bullock household as a permanent fixture. He'll become deeply embroiled in their family saga before anyone learns his true identity.
MY MAN GODFREY was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.
Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Director, Best Actor--William Powell, Best Actress--Carole Lombard, Best Screenplay.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(Unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Distributor Notes: My Man Godfrey is one of the top Screwball Comedies of all time- a story of a wealthy New York family in the 1930's that brings in Godfrey, a destitute and "Forgotten Man" as their butler.
Source: Legend Films
Cinematographer
Ted Tetzlaff: American Director/Director Of Photography
Executive Producer
Charles R. Rogers: Producer, '20s-'50s, father of producer John W. Rogers
Music Director
Charles Previn: American Composer\D. 1973
Writer
Gregory La Cava: Director/Writer/Producer
Writer and Conception
Eric Hatch: Screenwriter\1930s
Art Director
Charles D. Hall: Production Designer
Review 1:
"...[A] screwball classic....The first film to win Oscar nominations in all four acting categories..."
Source: USA Today
p.5E 08/03/2001
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