My Man Godfrey | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by Karoly Grosz[1] | |
Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
Screenplay by | Morrie Ryskind Eric Hatch Contributing writers: Zoë Akins Robert Presnell Sr. |
Based on | 1101 Park Avenue 1935 novel by Eric Hatch |
Produced by | Charles R. Rogers |
Starring | William Powell Carole Lombard |
Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
Edited by | Ted J. Kent Russell F. Schoengarth |
Music by | Charles Previn Rudy Schrager (both uncredited) |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 94–95 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $575,375[3] |
Box office | $684,200[4] |
My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film.[2][5] The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind and Eric S. Hatch, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on Hatch's 1935 novel, 1101 Park Avenue. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him.
In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The film was remade in 1957 with June Allyson and David Niven in the starring roles.