1936 American comedy-drama film directed by Gregory La Cava
This article is about the 1936 film. For the remake, see My Man Godfrey (1957 film).
My Man Godfrey
Theatrical release poster by Karoly Grosz[1]
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
Screenplay by
Morrie Ryskind Eric Hatch Contributing writers: Zoë Akins Robert Presnell Sr.
Based on
1101 Park Avenue 1935 novel by Eric Hatch
Produced by
Charles R. Rogers
Starring
William Powell Carole Lombard
Cinematography
Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by
Ted J. Kent Russell F. Schoengarth
Music by
Charles Previn Rudy Schrager (both uncredited)
Production company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
September 6, 1936 (1936-09-06)
Running time
94–95 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$575,375[3]
Box office
$684,200[4]
My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film.[2][5] The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on 1101 Park Avenue, a short novel by Eric S. Hatch. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him.
In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film was remade in 1957 with June Allyson and David Niven in the starring roles.
^Nourmand, Tony; Marsh, Graham, eds. (2003). Film Posters of the 30s: The Essential Movies of the Decade. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 8. ISBN 1-85410-938-3.
^ ab"My Man Godfrey (1936)". AFI Catalog. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
^Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 106. ISBN 9780813158891.
^Sedgwick, John and Pokorny, Michael (February 2005) "The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s" in The Economic History Review New Series, v.58, n.1, pp.79-112
^Wrigley, Charles (October 22, 2018). "10 Great Screwball Comedy Films". British Film Institute. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
MyManGodfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly...
for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for The Thin Man (1934), MyManGodfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947). Powell was born in Pittsburgh...
(1950), The Moon Is Blue (1953), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), MyManGodfrey (1957), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Murder by Death (1976), and Death...
of different social classes, as in It Happened One Night (1934) and MyManGodfrey (1936). What sets the screwball comedy apart from the generic romantic...
Studios to star in the screwball comedy MyManGodfrey (1936). William Powell, who was playing the eponymous Godfrey, insisted on her being cast as the female...
performance was unjustified due to the short length of her role in the film. MyManGodfrey became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories...
the game show What's My Line? as the "mystery challenger." Her film appearances during this era included a remake of MyManGodfrey, Gigi, and It Started...
than 60 feature films between 1932 and 1948, notably MyManGodfrey (1936), Stage Door (1937), and My Favorite Wife (1940). After retiring from acting, she...
satirized in the 1936 film MyManGodfrey, where one of the items socialite players are trying to collect is a "Forgotten Man", a homeless person. Scavenger...
of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including MyManGodfrey and Stage Door, which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best...
six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include MyManGodfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character...
every acting category, and the second not to win any of them (after MyManGodfrey in 1936). Nominations announced on February 12, 1951. Winners are listed...
Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy MyManGodfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television...
Three of the nominated films failed to win any of the four awards: MyManGodfrey (1936) – also failed to win any other Academy Awards Sunset Boulevard...
such as Alexander Bullock (Carole Lombard's character's father) in MyManGodfrey (1936), Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and his similar...
was broadcast by CBS Radio. Mrs. Miniver was the second film (after MyManGodfrey in 1936) to receive nominations in all four acting categories, as well...
acting nominations but not one for Best Picture, tying the record set by MyManGodfrey in 1936. Two more films to date have tied this record: Othello (1965)...
number of critics find the plot of the film is similar to the 1936 film MyManGodfrey. Merrily We Live was extremely successful and garnered five Oscar nominations...
Battleground, Give My Regards to Broadway, Excuse My Dust, Island in the Sky, The Benny Goodman Story, Kelly and Me, Joe Butterfly, MyManGodfrey (1957), I Bury...
(1936) and Anything Goes (1936). She then went to Universal Studios for MyManGodfrey (1936). Jane Wyman signed her first contract with Warner Bros.in 1936...
January 20, 2016. But remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted "MyMan Godfry". Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database. Retrieved January...
review". NY Times. Retrieved July 22, 2014. Ebert, Roger (May 29, 2008). "MyManGodfrey Movie Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 22, 2014. Ventura, Elbert...
comedy with Van Johnson, and as Cornelia Bullock in the 1957 remake of MyManGodfrey with David Niven. In 1958, Hyer appeared in a Playhouse 90 televised...
high, wide forehead and clear-eyed transparency of Carole Lombard in MyManGodfrey, [and] one liners so dumb that the audience laughs and moans at the...
Interlude, a drama for Douglas Sirk, and MyManGodfrey, a comedy with David Niven. She then made A Stranger in My Arms (1958) with Jeff Chandler. The box...
steadily, appearing in over 120 films including the Oscar-nominated MyManGodfrey (1937). In the 1950s, Mowbray's film roles decreased, and he began to...
Global Information