My man Godfrey [blu-ray] / Universal presents ; a Gregory La Cava production ; screen play by Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch ; directed by Gregory La Cava.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Container of (work): My man Godfey (Motion picture : 1936)
Notes:
William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray. Based on the novel by Eric Hatch. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936. 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Special features: The La Cava touch: new piece about the film with jazz and film critic Gary Giddins; Effortless art: new discussion about director Gregory La Cava with critic Nick Pinkerton; outtakes; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938, starring actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, and Mischa Auer; newsreels from the thirties documenting the class divide during the Great Depression; outtakes; trailer.
Summary:
Irene, an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a "forgotten man"-- 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.
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