Overview:
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.| Status: | Released (1936-09-02) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 6 Oscars. 2 wins & 6 nominations total |
| Screen: | Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch, Zoe Akins |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Pусский |
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Casts
- 32428: William Powell - Godfrey
- 2491: Carole Lombard - Irene Bullock
- 125841: Alice Brady - Angelica Bullock
- 98574: Gail Patrick - Cornelia Bullock
- 8728: Eugene Pallette - Alexander Bullock
- 80238: Jean Dixon - Molly
- 8240: Alan Mowbray - Tommy Gray
Crews
- 13957: Charles Previn - Music Director - Sound
- 100762: John P. Fulton - Special Effects - Crew
- 7652: Travis Banton - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 74659: Gregory La Cava - Director - Directing
- 74660: Eric Hatch - Novel - Writing
- 89089: Charles R. Rogers - Executive Producer - Production
- 4346: Ted Tetzlaff - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
barrymost
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"Forgotten Man" meets flighty, rich heiress . . . and so begins one of classic cinema's funniest, most delightful, most intelligent comedies ever. William Powell as the hobo Godfrey hits all the right notes. Carole Lombard is terrific, if slightly over the top, as Irene Bullock, the ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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I see a room full of empty headed nitwits! If I was the sort of person who scrutinised every frame of my viewings looking for flaws, then I still wouldn't have issue here because My Man Godfrey has no cracks in its make up. It is perfect cinema from a golden age that we rarely se ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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I am not one of those people who say that they don’t make movies like they used to, or who watches a lot of classic black and white films. But there are a few dozen classics I would watch any time they come on, and this is one of them. My Man Godfrey is in the sub genre of screwba ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Whilst much of the country is in the throes of poverty, the ditzy socialite “Irene” (Carole Lombard) finds herself down by the city dump whilst playing an up-market scavenger hunt and that’s where she encounters the down-and-out looking “Godfrey” (William Powell) who might just help ....
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