My Man Godfrey
Carole Lombard and William Powell dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy by Gregory La Cava—a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and social critique. Irene (Lombard), an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a “forgotten man” (Powell)—an apparent down-and-out drifter—at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household’s dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks that has never been bested. La Cava’s deft film was the first to garner Oscar nominations in all four acting categories, and it is one of Hollywood’s greatest commentaries on class and the social unrest of the Depression era.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New program featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins
- New interview with critic Nick Pinkerton on director Gregory La Cava
- Outtakes
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938
- Newsreels depicting Great Depression class divides
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover by Seth
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New program featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins
- New interview with critic Nick Pinkerton on director Gregory La Cava
- Outtakes
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938
- Newsreels depicting Great Depression class divides
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover by Seth
Cast
- William Powell
- Godfrey
- Carole Lombard
- Irene Bullock
- Alice Brady
- Angelica Bullock
- Gail Patrick
- Cornelia Bullock
- Jean Dixon
- Molly
- Eugene Pallette
- Alexander Bullock
- Alan Mowbray
- Tommy Gray
- Mischa Auer
- Carlo
- Pat Flaherty
- Mike
- Robert Light
- Faithful George
Credits
- Director
- Gregory La Cava
- Executive producer
- Charles R. Rogers
- Screenplay
- Morrie Ryskind
- Screenplay
- Eric Hatch
- Based on the novel by
- Eric Hatch
- Photographer
- Ted Tetzlaff
- Film editor
- Ted J. Kent
- Film editor
- Russell J. Schoengarth
- Art direction
- Charles D. Hall
- Musical director
- Charles Previn
- Special effects
- John P. Fulton
- Sound supervisor
- Miss Lombard’s gowns by
- Travis Banton
A scene from My Man Godfrey
