My Man Godfrey (1936)
Genre: Comedies
Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer, Eugene Pallette, Alice Brady
Producer: Gregory La Cava
Screenwriter: Morrie Ryskind
Composer: Charles Previn
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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
...clearly defines the screwball comedy...Powell and Lombard at their best and funniest. Yet...with a serious touch, juxtaposing the worlds of the haves and have-nots.
uses the screwball genre in unexpected ways, infusing social critique and a political message
My Man Godfrey (1936) is one of the 1930s' delightful, classic screwball comedies. Directed by Gregory La Cava for Universal, the definitive social comedy
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