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Dominican Rep. My Man Godfrey
- Original title
- My Man Godfrey
- Year
- 1936
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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William Powell
Carole Lombard
Gail Patrick
Alice Brady
Eugene Pallette
Mischa Auer
Alan Mowbray
Jean Dixon
Pat Flaherty- Robert Light
James Flavin
Edward Gargan
Larry Steers
Bess Flowers- Ethelreda Leopold
- Jimmy Aye
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- Music
- Cinematography
Ted Tetzlaff (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Romance | The Great Depression. Screwball comedy. Romantic Comedy. Sophisticated Comedy
- Movie Groups
- Eric Hatch Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Director Gregory La Cava deftly balances satire, romance, and social comment in this 1936 classic, which echoes Frank Capra in its Depression-era subtext. The Bullocks are a well-heeled, harebrained Manhattan family genetically engineered for screwball collisions: father Alexander (Eugene Pallette, of the foghorn voice and thick-knit eyebrows) is the breadwinner at wit's end, thanks to his spoiled daughters, the sultry Cornelia (Gail Patrick) and the sweet but scatterbrained Irene (a luminous Carole Lombard), his dizzy and doting wife, Angelica (Alice Brady), and her "protégé," Italian freeloader Carlo (Mischa Auer). When Irene wins a society scavenger hunt (and atypically trumps her scheming sister) by producing a "lost man," a seeming tramp named Godfrey (William Powell), all their lives are transformed. With the always suave, effortlessly funny Powell in the title role, this mystery man provides the film's conscience and its model of decency; the giddy, passionate Lombard holds out its model for triumphant love. In a movie riddled with memorable comic highlights, the real miracle is the unapologetic romanticism that prevails. --Sam Sutherland (From amazon.com)
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1936: Academy Awards: 6 Nom., including Best Director, Actor (Powell), Actress (Lombard)
- Critics' reviews
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"La Cava was famous for improvising his scenes; My Man Godfrey is the most brilliant, unbuttoned example"
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"The movie starts out with a promising satiric idea and winds up in box-office romance, but it's likable and well-paced"
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