My Man Godfrey (1936)

Movie Details

Original Title My Man Godfrey

Original Language EN

Budget $575,375

Revenue $684,200

Status Released

Popularity 1.3

Cast

William Powell

Godfrey

Popularity: 0.9

Carole Lombard

Irene Bullock

Popularity: 0.7

Alice Brady

Angelica Bullock

Popularity: 2.3

Gail Patrick

Cornelia Bullock

Popularity: 0.5

Eugene Pallette

Alexander Bullock

Popularity: 0.5

Jean Dixon

Molly

Popularity: 0.6

Alan Mowbray

Tommy Gray

Popularity: 1.1

Mischa Auer

Carlo

Popularity: 0.6

Pat Flaherty

Mike Flaherty

Popularity: 2.0

Robert Light

Faithful George

Popularity: 0.8

Bess Flowers

Mrs. Merriweather (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.8

Bert Moorhouse

Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.8

Key Crew

Director Gregory La Cava

Editor Russell F. Schoengarth, Ted J. Kent

Executive Producer Charles R. Rogers

Screenplay Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch

Producer Charles R. Rogers

Production

Universal Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Michael Lehmann on MY MAN GODFREY

Featurette

My Man Godfrey - Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

lovesickness butler scavenger hunt black and white screwball comedy socialite depression era high society lovesick mentor protégé relationship protégé city dump idle rich propriety

Reviews from TMDB

barrymost 9/10

Oct 4, 2019

"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 "uptown girl loo ... Read more

John Chard 10/10

Apr 26, 2020

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 see in this day an ... Read more

Peter McGinn 9/10

Aug 22, 2020

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 screwball comedy, and ... Read more