My Man Godfrey
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Ditzy socialite with a heart of gold, Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) finds "forgotten man" Godfrey Smith (William Powell) in a scavenger hunt. Eventually Godfrey is taken in as the family butler for the Bullocks and screwball antics and romance ensue.
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There's no one like Carole Lombard today. She was a radiant, beautiful actress and made this film so special. Thanks for posting this :)
Carole Lombard was fantastic in this film! Great upload. Thanks.
Wonderful! They don't make them like this anymore, but they should!!!
William Powell is so handsome. Thank you for posting
He's so fantastic--I love him in every movie he's in--he not only adds his trademark wit (which is such a pleasure) but nearly always a rare humanity. I look at the best things of civilization and William Powell's name is always on that beautiful gold standard of the 'best of us'.
A classic--so enjoyable and witty--and with a keen social message that still resonates. Lombard is her usual divine ditzy self, Powell---he delivers with pleasurable wit, as expected, but is also touching here as the washed up man. He should have gotten a Oscar nod.
This is one of my favorite movies! My mom and I watch this every Chirstmas along with Bringing Up Baby. We just sit back and crack up at the crazy people. This movie is the bomb--seriously. LOL. We laugh @ Carlo's antics and that ol' mother the most.
Cordelia, underfed has never looked so stunning. I love her dress @ the hour mark.
Charming little movie!
This is a great favorite. I love it when Mischa Auer in the role of the moody mooching Russian houseguest Carlo brightens at the announcement of the dinner menu and says "Onions? I love onions! They make me sleepy!"
Thanks for uploading this!
Thank you for posting one of my all time favorite films of the 1930's. A true gem of that glamorous, elegant era. Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady and William Powell were a force to be reckoned with. Few had as much talent and beauty as those.
Possibly my favorite Carole Lombard film. She was beautiful and an extremely talented actress who could do it all. Her timing and execution in comedy was nothing short of genius.
It seems like as I was growing up, my network channel would put this on around the Holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. It has a classic, black tie and tail feel about it. It is so romantic and the chemistry is fantastic between Ms. Lombard and Mr. Mr. Powell. Irene is hilarious against her sister Cordelia. It's just a hilarious movie. I miss it coming on television these days!
Anyone that is or wants to be an actor would do well to study all these old-time actors, including from the 50's and 60's. and on that note, this is one of my favorite old movies (out of the ones I've seen)! :)
I am Honored to say that Alan Mowbray 5th in the credits happens to be my namesake an my Great Uncle .My late Mom Grace Allen..White Allen being her maiden name .Alan Mowbray was her uncle.sbe had 7 kids me last. She told me of her my heritage when i asked her how she chose my first name ..i was 12 15 Years after she died in.my arms i looked up this Great Character Star . i was raised on a farm no csble tv an grew up on these Real Movie Stars Carole Lombard was beautiful funny talented.star taken too soon.William Powell All the great cast make this a Classic !. I get told i bear a resemblance to one of the Great Stars .Alan Mowbray !
There's a colorized version that is spectacular! It enhances the experience!
Love this movie. Eugene Pallette (The Father) was my favorite character and thought he added so much to the movie.
This is my absolute favorite movie, and I have a small crush on William Powell. Thanks so much for posting
Another version of this movie is 1938's Merrily We Live is just as hilarious. Laugh out loud funny. Watched it last night on Turner Classic Movies, & I was howling! Too bad there's not much talent nowadays in writing or acting; (those awful reality shows have really taken over I guess.) Thanks for this! :)
You said more than a mouthful, I totally agree; and that is my main reason for looking for movies and TV programs on the Internet so that I can pick and choose decent videos to watch. I kicked cable/satellite to the curb a few years and I don't miss it at all. LOTS of channels, but not enough decent shows (for my personal liking) to warrant my paying their high fees to watch junk!
Come to think of it, I really liked the aspect that Irene is making a formidable effort to be together with Godfrey throughout the movie and eventually succeeds . In our society it is often the other way around in terms of gender.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE. REAL ZANNY.
I usually prefer the black & white, but the colorized version (which I can't find now), does seem to give definition to scenes. Dept and distance. I love the roll of the maid. She's hilarious. Thanks.
"This place slightly resembles an insane asylum!".
"Well, all you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people".
That said, if you want to discuss unreachable casting from a golden era, Who could match the wonderful Eugene Pallette as the long suffering patriarch of this crazy family??
He was priceless!
Great movie. Full of crazy people i like it.
has anyone noticed the similarity between Irene here and Gloria from Wedding Crashers? no doubt this film provided some inspiration.
I'm a huge fan of William Powell, especially the Thin Man films. I think I saw this once, on late night television some forty years ago, but I don't recall the movie. Fifteen minutes in at this point, and I can see why people call this movie a classic: Powell is wry and knowing, as always, and Lombard is delightful.
Okay. Having gone to the end, I'm pretty sure I've never seen this, not even in my teens. It's a charming film, to be sure, and one can see why Powell insisted on Lombard for the role of Irene: she nails it.
I agree with you and Rentaghost76, and I did the same re getting rid of cable/satellite. I love watching movies from the 30s & 40s. They made sense, they were decent and more of them are being seen as "classics" which is great.
God bless Carole Lombard, who had the best sense of humor imaginable.
The idea that actors did not court publicity then is a novel one.
Wow! Thank you--there were some grounded people in H'wood. Love Powell in every movie he's in--he always adds class and humanity.
love lombard. thanks!
One of my favorite Pictures of all time. Carole Lombard and William Powell had such a great chemstry equal to the one he had with Myrna Loy. My Man Godfrey is such a pre code gem.
Dick Powell grew up in Kansas City... just a couple of blocks from the home where his future wife, Jean Harlow, would grow up...
Gail Patrick plays the 'bitch' real well!!!!! LMAO
I had no idea! Joan Crawford also lived in KC for a time.
Now there's an idea - a Bullock playing a Bullock.
Good to hear from you. We think alike, as all great minds do. Here's a thought - if they ever make a remake of My Man Godfrey wouldn't Hugh Laurie be perfect for the role?
Carole Lombard and William Powell were actually married but divorced three years before they made this film. Powell refused to take the role of Godfrey unless they got Carole Lombard for Irene. The year they filmed this, Lombard became romantically involved with future husband Clark Gable while Powell dated Jean Harlow. Of all this, Lombard and Powell were the best of friends. Now THAT'S what I call remaining in good terms!
This may be my fave screwball comedy of all time. Right up there with "Bringing Up Baby". Carol Landis was sexy, funny and endearing in this role. William Powell was a perfect foil for her antics. The character actors were among the best Hollywood had to offer in the late 30's. It's a shame that Carol died in a plane wreck a couple of years later. I do love this movie...
Meryl Leech and Goldie Hawn. The did a movie with Bruce Willis called Death Becomes Her. Bruce Willis is Meryl Leech's husband and Goldie Hawn's ex fiancee and he plays the biggest nerd you ever saw. Bruce Willis made this movie in between Die Hard and Pulp Fiction and it shows you the range that he has.
My name is Blake.
My name is Bullock.
This place slightly resembles an insane asylum.
Well...all you need to start an asylum is an empty room, and the right kind of people.
Carole was a kindly and dejightful person, a humanitarian and a member of the Baha'i Faith. She wrote Abdu’l-Baha, one of the Cental Figures of the Faith, and told of her love for Him and longing to be a successful actress. She said, “If only He approves, I shall not fail.” Abdu’l-Baha’s reply made Carole deliriously happy: he promised to pray for her to be an actress, and a successful one. Sure of success, she began her career.
It was also 1936 and obviously very "old-time" and old fashioned, when women and even men were expected act proper in all public forums. Men probably cussed and joked amongst themselves when they knew women weren't around, and probably the same with women. But not in public....
Before Jennifer Lawrence there was Carole Lombard. She was bloody adorable as Irene.
Poor Godfrey, lol before he knew what's what he was married! lol
Alice Brady is fantastic--the mother is in her own strange level of insanity which is enchanting.
I want the end kiss! The last hooray!
Maybe so. We've learned since about the dark sides of some of those stars. But in THIS case - William Powell, Carole Lombard, etc. - everyone in this film holds up.
Carole Lombard was absolutely brilliant, whether it was comedy or drama. In fact, she would have been a brilliant foil for Bill Powell in the " Thin Man " films ( in a different, but not better way than the superb Myrna Loy of course )
Jean Dixon (Molly) had so much screen presence that even Carol Lombard faded in the scenes they shared. She was a very successful stage actress who did few movies and it is a shame. I thought the writers stole a lot of Carole Lombard's strength from her by not giving her the chance a the 'close up' which where she, alone on the screen could shine. The frantic main shot kind of left her blended with the scenery.
Oh GOD YES!!!
"Why do you live in a place like this when there are so many other nice places?" (5:26) Can she possibly THAT naive in 1936?
When the father started talking about being broke, I remember that this was from 1936 which was during the Great Depression.
awesome
i have a goat! i have a goat! a bowl of japanese men and a forgotten fish!
From 1:00:20 to 1:01:10 is one of the great scenes in all cinema. William Powell is slightly tipsy (but still maintains his dignity, of course) and clicks his heels in an almost comic manner but the swells don't even notice. It's just the butler being the butler as far as they're concerned. The scene is great because it's so under-played yet the comedy still comes through.
Ah for the days when manners mattered, or English sounded so beautiful.
Yes, Meryl Streep :)
Carole Lombard in Color?!? Ooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwweh!
I think many were scrubbed clean by their studio's PR group.
William Powell had an innate dignity that was no affectation. Listen to him talk to the swells from 2:40 to 6:30. He might be a "forgotten man" living in a Hooverville but he never conforms to the idea that he is somehow beneath the rich. In his mind those nabobs are NOT superior to him as human beings. He's as good as they are.
I agree in respect to that in this golden era, they were truly STARS and enduring. But there are a few who can do that and have lasted like Sandra Bullock who can still get young leading men and is not being press ganged into playing mums. Jennifer Aniston has transcended well into movies. The younger ones coming up are Mila Kunis, Katherine Heigl, Emma Stone and Anne Hathaway. But that's only my opinion :)
In response to lordalesson's question: Possibly Coutney Cox & Teri Hatcher may be able to pull it off. Great movie. I adore the classics even though I'm not of that generation. Would have loved to be a movie director or script writer for the classic movie era. Very very very few movies of this generation measure up to the classics. Makes one really disheartened. Oh & maybe Sandra Bullock. Judith Light is still Looking gorgeous. And I Believe Pam Dawber could pull it off come to think of it.
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"Serious question: Can anyone name me an actress of today who could pull off being silly and childish while still be alluring?
Though Lombard is a hard act to follow, even then,Sandra Bullock is a good and easy choice
!- William Powell's part would actually be more difficult to cast!
Who could play Godfrey with that degree of charm and charisma these days??
The only one I can think of, off the top of my head, would be Hugh Grant, but even he would play it different
Serious question: Can anyone name me an actress of today who could pull off being silly and childish while still be alluring and glamorous like Carole Lombard did in this film?
Ok maybe Fran Drescher but besides that, I can't think of anyone else.
even the street people were classier back then
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Meant to say William Powell....thanks.
thank you for uploading this movie could you upload "It's Love I'm After" with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis? :)
Yes, he'd be perfect--great suggestion! sort of world weary, a bit acerbic with a good sense of fun and decency.
wow this is a long ass movie
1936 ? nothing much has changed since then .... perhaps society and the gap between rich and poor is worse nowadays
do you have any bing crosby movies that you can put up
ah hollywood in the 30's
Just delightful ! But we may like to know that the archive.org version is much better : better image and better sound !
Probably because they were divorced...
I know, but still...
this is William Powell, not Dick Powell.
Meant Carole Lombard...not Landis. Sorry...
Maybe Betty White . . . sort of
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Wasn't it great when actors spoke properly, dressed well, weren't covered in tattoos and didn't court publicity