My Man Godfrey poster
Screenplay Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch
Director Gregory La Cava

My Man Godfrey

Tagline: Butler! FOR THE COCK-EYEDEST FAMILY in the WHOLE WORLD!...and the butler-blonde battle was on!

Release Date: 1936-09-02

Duration: 95 minutes

Synopsis

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

Casting

  • Alan Mowbray
    Tommy Gray
  • William Powell
    Godfrey
  • Bess Flowers
    Mrs. Merriweather (uncredited)
  • Carole Lombard
    Irene Bullock
  • Jane Wyman
    Socialite (uncredited)
  • Pat Flaherty
    Mike Flaherty
  • James Flavin
    Detective (uncredited)
  • Eugene Pallette
    Alexander Bullock
  • Ethelreda Leopold
    Socialite (uncredited)
  • Jean Rogers
    Socialite (uncredited)