My man Godfrey / Universal presents ; a Gregory La Cava production ; screen play by Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch ; directed by Gregory La Cava.

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A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler ... but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. 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 fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures Corporation (Presenter)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: La Cava, Gregory, 1892-1952 (Film director, Film producer)
Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985 (Screenwriter)
Hatch, Eric, 1901-1973 (Screenwriter)
Powell, William, 1892-1984 (Actor)
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942 (Actor)
Brady, Alice, 1892-1939 (Actor)
Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980 (Actor)
Dixon, Jean, 1896-1981 (Actor)
Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954 (Actor)
Mowbray, Alan, 1896-1969 (Actor)
Tetzlaff, Ted, 1903-1995 (director of photography.)
Kent, Ted (Editor of moving image work)
Schoengarth, Russell (Editor of moving image work)
Previn, Charles, 1888-1973 (Musical director)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 114.
Subjects:
Hatch, Eric, > 1901-1973 > Film adaptations.
Rich people > Drama.
Socialites > Drama.
Butlers > Drama.
Household employees > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Tramps > Drama.
Impostors and imposture > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Family secrets > Drama.
Social classes > United States > Drama.
Social stratification > United States > Drama.
Depressions > 1929 > Social aspects > Drama.
Hatch, Eric, > 1901-1973.
Butlers.
Family secrets.
Household employees.
Impostors and imposture.
Man-woman relationships.
Rich people.
Social classes.
Socialites.
Tramps.
United States.
Screwball comedy films.
Comedy films.
Romance films.
Romantic comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Fiction.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Screwball comedy films.
Comedy films.
Romance films.
Romantic comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (unnumbered pages ; folded ; 18 cm).
Format: Video DVD

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