My Man Godfrey (1936)

Directed by

Gregory La Cava

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 399 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy socialite hires a homeless man as her family's butler. She and her eccentric relatives cause chaos, but she slowly falls for him.

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What happens

My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film. The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind and Eric S. Hatch, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on Hatch's 1935 novel, 1101 Park Avenue. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him. The film was critically acclaimed, and was nominated for six Oscars in the 9th Academy Awards including best actor for leads Powell and Lombard, supporting actors Auer and Brady, director and screenplay. It has a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film was remade in 1957 with June Allyson and David Niven in the starring roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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