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17 September 1936 (USA)
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Plot:
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 6 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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(6 articles)
Birthday Suits: Giant Sized Edition
(From FilmExperience. 17 November 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)
Back to the 1930s for Bones
(From TVfanatic. 21 October 2009, 1:19 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 17 November 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)
Back to the 1930s for Bones
(From TVfanatic. 21 October 2009, 1:19 PM, PDT)
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The butler did it!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | William Powell | ... | Godfrey |
 | Carole Lombard | ... | Irene Bullock |
 | Alice Brady | ... | Angelica Bullock |
| Gail Patrick | ... | Cornelia Bullock |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Alexander Bullock |
| Jean Dixon | ... | Molly |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Tommy Gray |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Carlo |
 | Pat Flaherty | ... | Mike Flaherty |
| Robert Light | ... | Faithful George |
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94 min | USA:90 min (2005 DVD release)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:U (re-rating) (1996) |
Australia:G |
South Korea:15 (2003) |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:Unrated
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When William Powell and director Gregory La Cava had a disagreement over how Godfrey should be played, they talked it out over a bottle of Scotch in Powell's dressing room. The next day, LaCava returned to the movie set with a major headache, but Powell was not there. The director received a telegram from his star: "WE MAY HAVE FOUND GODFREY LAST NIGHT BUT WE LOST POWELL. SEE YOU TOMORROW."
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Continuity: At the Tea Party While Irene is talking to Charlie Van Rumple, in the background you see Godfrey serving Cornelia with a tray and she takes an item in each hand. A few seconds later the scene shifts to Cornelia, and Godfrey again serves her and she takes the two items again.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
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Is this available on DVD?What is the answer to Molly's crossword puzzle?
How did Godfrey know Cornelia hid the necklace under the mattress?
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"My Man Godfrey" successfully blends the two most prominent schools of film comedy from the 1930's: `sophistication' and `screwball.' It smears the conservative upper-crust milieu with the keen eye of `Dinner at Eight' and the pie-in-your-face irreverence of `You Can't Take It with You,' with as many witticisms as either and probably more sexual innuendos. Occasional predictability keeps it from being on par with "It Happened One Night" or "Trouble in Paradise," but it is still one of the most emblematic films of its era.
William Powell is pitch perfect as Godfrey Parke, the hobo-turned-butler, breezing effortlessly through every scene. Carole Lombard also turns in one of her most cherished performances as Irene Bullock, the spoiled socialite who pretends to enjoy her wealth but really just wants to be around someone human. As their relationship progresses, Godfrey's humility rubs off on Irene and ultimately frees her from her elite family, which offered her security but only made her unstable. `My Man Godfrey' has no mercy on the aristocracy of the ‘30's, skewing it as socially incompetent and morally bankrupt. `All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people.' How terribly true.