My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

Edinburgh International Film Festival

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 hires him as the family butler and soon falls for him, driving her to to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household’s dysfunction.

USA - 1936 - 1h 34m
Directed By: Gregory La Cava
Written By: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch, Gregory La Cava
Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard

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My Man Godfrey
  • My Man Godfrey

    Edinburgh International Film Festival
    AFI Cinematheque

    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 hires him as the family butler and soon falls for him, driving her to to both woo G...