“My Man Godfrey” is a screwball comedy about a socialite who hires a homeless man to be her family’s butler, only to fall in love with him, much to his consternation. The humorous screenplay by Eric Hatch and Morrie Ryskind was well-directed by Gregory La Cava, based on “1101 Park Avenue,” a 1935 novel by Eric Hatch.
The outstanding cast is populated by William Powell as the new butler, Carole Lombard as the socialite, as well as Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer, Pat Flaherty, and Jane Wyman in an uncredited cameo role as a party guest, early in her career. “My Man Godfrey” made a modest profit at the box office for Universal Pictures.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
cinema
My Review
“My Man Godfrey” is a screwball comedy about a socialite who hires a homeless man to be her family’s butler, only to fall in love with him, much to his consternation. The humorous screenplay by Eric Hatch and Morrie Ryskind was well-directed by Gregory La Cava, based on “1101 Park Avenue,” a 1935 novel by Eric Hatch.
The outstanding cast is populated by William Powell as the new butler, Carole Lombard as the socialite, as well as Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer, Pat Flaherty, and Jane Wyman in an uncredited cameo role as a party guest, early in her career. “My Man Godfrey” made a modest profit at the box office for Universal Pictures.