Fresh
[A] screwball masterpiece.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, Village Voice
My Man Godfrey
Butler! FOR THE COCK-EYEDEST FAMILY in the WHOLE WORLD!...and the butler-blonde battle was on!
1936 · 1h 35m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
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.
Director and cast
- Gregory La Cava Director
- William Powell as Godfrey
- Carole Lombard as Irene Bullock
- Alice Brady as Angelica Bullock
- Gail Patrick as Cornelia Bullock
- Eugene Pallette as Alexander Bullock
- Jean Dixon as Molly
- Alan Mowbray as Tommy Gray
- Mischa Auer as Carlo
- Pat Flaherty as Mike Flaherty
- Robert Light as Faithful George
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
God, but this film is beautiful.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
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.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed in this splendidly produced comedy.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
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.
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
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