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MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1936 DVD Release: 06/30/1998 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Special Collection SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Madacy Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Sophisticated Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Screwball Comedy See Also: My Man Godfrey [Criterion Collection], My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey, My Man Godfrey

One of the landmark "screwball" comedies of the 1930s, My Man Godfrey offers the radiant Carole Lombard in her definitive performance as flighty young heiress Irene Bullock, who on a society scavenger hunt stumbles on Godfrey (William Powell), an erudite hobo residing in the city dump. Godfrey becomes the family's butler, much to the dismay of Irene's father Alexander (Eugene Pallette), who thinks his household is crazy enough without another apparent lunatic under his roof. Halfway through the film, we discover that Godfrey isn't a penniless bum at all, but the scion of a wealthy Boston family. Having been burned by an unhappy romance, Godfrey dropped out of life, taking up residence in the dump. Here his faith in humanity was restored by his fellow indigents, who managed to survive and remain optimistic despite the worst deprivations. Meanwhile, however, he wants to straighten out the Bullock family, who he feels are a basically decent bunch beneath all their pretensions and eccentricities -- and along the way, of course, Irene determines that Godfrey will be her husband. While Godfrey's ultimate "solution" to the exigencies of the Depression seems more of a placebo, My Man Godfrey is all in all a totally satisfying jolt of 1930s-style wish fulfillment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

William Powell - Godfrey Parke
Carole Lombard - Irene Bullock
Alice Brady - Angelica Bullock
Gail Patrick - Cornelia Bullock
Jean Dixon - Molly
Eugene Pallette - Alexander Bullock

Gregory La Cava's classic comedy My Man Godfrey gets an inexpensive DVD release from Madacy on this title. The film is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. Supplemental materials include interactive trivia and a biography of some of the filmmakers. While this disc will satisfy anyone looking for the film, those with an interest would be wise to seek out the Criterion release of the film which is loaded with extra materials. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide