

My Man Godfrey
Butler! FOR THE COCK-EYEDEST FAMILY in the WHOLE WORLD!...and the butler-blonde battle was on!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $575.4K
- Box office
- $684.2K
- Language
- English
- lovesickness
- butler
- scavenger hunt
- black and white
- screwball comedy
- socialite
- depression era
- high society
- lovesick
- mentor protégé relationship
- protégé
- city dump
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNRLos Angeles, California1 Sept 1936
- Theatrical (limited)2 Sept 1936
- Theatrical6 Sept 1936
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG2 Sept 1936
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG9 Apr 1937
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1530 Nov 1936
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My Man Godfrey was released on 2 September 1936.
Audience reviews
5- B9/10
barrymost
10/4/2019
"Forgotten Man" meets flighty, rich heiress . . . and so begins one of classic cinema's funniest, most delightful, most intelligent comedies ever. William Powell as the hobo Godfrey hits all the right notes. Carole Lombard is terrific, if slightly over the top, as Irene Bullock, the "uptown girl looking for a downtown man." What starts as an innocent city scavenger hunt becomes an unlikely romance when Irene Bullo…
- J10/10
John Chard
4/26/2020
I see a room full of empty headed nitwits! If I was the sort of person who scrutinised every frame of my viewings looking for flaws, then I still wouldn't have issue here because My Man Godfrey has no cracks in its make up. It is perfect cinema from a golden age that we rarely see in this day and age. During a rich person's socialite scavenger hunt, air head Irene Bullock wins the contest to see who can find a fo…
- P9/10
Peter McGinn
8/22/2020
I am not one of those people who say that they don’t make movies like they used to, or who watches a lot of classic black and white films. But there are a few dozen classics I would watch any time they come on, and this is one of them. My Man Godfrey is in the sub genre of screwball comedy, and it may actually be true that they don’t make them like this any longer, because it seems like most of the wacky comedies …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/30/2025
Whilst much of the country is in the throes of poverty, the ditzy socialite “Irene” (Carole Lombard) finds herself down by the city dump whilst playing an up-market scavenger hunt and that’s where she encounters the down-and-out looking “Godfrey” (William Powell) who might just help her win her challenge. If he agrees to return with her to the sumptuous Waldorf hotel then he might end up with five whole dollars. Of c…
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THE-LENS
9/18/2026
**Film: My Man Godfrey (1936) ‧ Comedy/Romance** **Quick facts:** Explore some interesting facts. **Director:** Gregory La Cava **Nominations:** Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, among others. **Screenplay:** Gregory La Cava, Eric S. Hatch, Morrie Ryskind, Zoe Akins, Robert Presnell Sr. **Story by:** Eric S. Hatch **Release date:** 6 September 1936 (USA) **Film Review by Dr Usman…
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