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Director: Gregory La Cava
Writer(s): Morrie Ryskind (screenplay), Eric Hatch (screenplay)
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Language: English
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler…but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
“Gregory La Cava’s improvisational style received its highest critical acclaim for this 1936 film, a marginally Marxist exercise in class confusion during the Depression.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
“William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed in this splendidly produced comedy.” – Variety Staff, Variety
“God, but this film is beautiful.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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94 MIN