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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Uniform Title:	Criterion collection ; 114.
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).
Other Uniform Title:	My man Godfey (Motion picture : 1936) Container of (work):
Format:	Video DVD

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500			\|a Based on the novel by Eric Hatch.
500			\|a Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936.
500			\|a Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "The right kind of people", by critic Farran Smith Nehme
500			\|a 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.
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508			\|a Director of photography, Ted Tetzlaff ; editors, Ted Kent, Russell Schiengarth ; musical director, Charles Previn.
520			\|a A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler ... but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
520			\|a 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.
521			\|a MPAA rating: Not rated.
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546			\|a In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
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