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My Man Godfrey

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My Man Godfrey (1936)

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Reviews Counted: 26

Fresh: 26

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Average Rating: 8.4/10

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.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer, Eugene Pallette

Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer, Eugene Pallette, Alice Brady, Jean Dixon, Pat Flaherty, Jean Rogers

Director: Gregory La Cava

Director: Gregory La Cava
Producer: Gregory La Cava
Screenwriter: Morrie Ryskind
Composer: Charles Previn

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Jun 16, 1998

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My Man Godfrey emerges with that evasive quality that is not skillful playing, writing or direction, but something that mysteriously adds itself to these things, and makes a tip-top picture.

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04/24/09
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A brilliantly executed screwball, full of both madcap humour and bitter satire.

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02/06/09
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[A] screwball masterpiece.

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02/06/09
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
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God, but this film is beautiful.

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02/06/09
Roger Ebert
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Gregory La Cava's improvisational style received its highest critical acclaim for this 1936 film, a marginally Marxist exercise in class confusion during the Depression.

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02/06/09
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed in this splendidly produced comedy.

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10/18/08
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Director Gregory La Cava was a master of the sustained comedy.

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09/24/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Its whimsical winning nature still comes through.

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03/10/06
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The film has lost some of its allure over the years, but it's still streets and streets ahead of the addled whimsy favoured by latter-day Hollywood.

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Linda Cook
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07/08/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

The ultimate Depression-era satire of the idle rich and tribute to the noble poor. This popular theme was never more devastatingly realized than in this opening sequence…

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11/17/03
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A silvery romp.

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07/30/03
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There may be a sober moment or two in the picture; there may be a few lines of the script that do not pack a laugh. Somehow we cannot remember them.

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05/20/03
Frank S. Nugent
New York Times
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Hugely popular in its day, this is witty romantic comedy with barbed social commentary.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
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Nell Minow
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Scintillating screwball comedy. One of the best.

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11/05/02
Ken Hanke
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