The greatest of all screwball comedies. There isn't a wasted moment in
"My Man Godfrey"; it begins as it intends to go on, with some
high-society types on a scavenger hunt for a 'forgotten' man, a joke
that was probably in rather bad taste in 1936 but when did a little bad
taste ever get in the way of a classic comedy. Four members of the cast,
(William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer and Alice Brady), were
nominated for Oscars but every performance, (Eugene Pallette, Gail
Patrick, Jean Dixon, Alan Mowbray), is perfect while Gregory La Cava's
direction, (this is his masterpiece), and Morrie Ryskind and Eric
Hatch's screenplay are just sublime. It was remade in 1957 with David
Niven as Godfrey and June Allyson as the scatterbrained society dame but
that's not a patch on this original which is still one of the funniest
films ever made.
Sunday 26 August 2018
MY MAN GODFREY
The greatest of all screwball comedies. There isn't a wasted moment in
"My Man Godfrey"; it begins as it intends to go on, with some
high-society types on a scavenger hunt for a 'forgotten' man, a joke
that was probably in rather bad taste in 1936 but when did a little bad
taste ever get in the way of a classic comedy. Four members of the cast,
(William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer and Alice Brady), were
nominated for Oscars but every performance, (Eugene Pallette, Gail
Patrick, Jean Dixon, Alan Mowbray), is perfect while Gregory La Cava's
direction, (this is his masterpiece), and Morrie Ryskind and Eric
Hatch's screenplay are just sublime. It was remade in 1957 with David
Niven as Godfrey and June Allyson as the scatterbrained society dame but
that's not a patch on this original which is still one of the funniest
films ever made.
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