| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unnumbered pages ; folded ; 18 cm.) |
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stamping rdapm |
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4 3/4 in. rda |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdapc |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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all regions rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 114 |
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Criterion collection ; 114.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ted Tetzlaff ; editors, Ted Russell, Kent Schiengarth ; music direction, Charles Previn. |
| Note |
Title and credits from screen. |
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Based on the novel by Eric Hatch. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936. |
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1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Summary |
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler ... but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. |
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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. |
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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; an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired. |
| Subject |
Socialites -- Drama.
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Butlers -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Family secrets -- Drama.
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Social stratification -- United States -- Drama.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Social aspects -- Drama.
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Butlers. (OCoLC)fst00843075
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Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
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Socialites. (OCoLC)fst01123767
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| Genre/Form |
Screwball comedy films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Romantic comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710433
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| Added Author |
La Cava, Gregory, 1892-1952, film director, film producer.
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Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985, screenwriter.
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Hatch, Eric, 1901-1973, screenwriter.
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Powell, William, 1892-1984, actor.
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Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942, actor.
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Brady, Alice, 1892-1939, actor.
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Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980, actor.
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Dixon, Jean, 1896-1981, actor.
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Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954, actor.
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Mowbray, Alan, 1896-1969, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hatch, Eric, 1901-1973.
My man Godfrey.
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Universal Pictures Corporation, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): My man Godfey (Motion picture : 1936)
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| Standard No. |
715515220514 |
| ISBN |
9781681435008 |
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1681435004 |
| Music No. |
CC2945DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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