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My Man Godfrey: Directed by Henry Koster. With June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith. The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
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- Comedy, Mystery, Romance
- Henry Koster
- 1958-01-02
My Man Godfrey is a 1957 American CinemaScope comedy film starring June Allyson and David Niven. [2] [3] It was adapted by Peter Berneis, William Bowers and Everett Freeman, and directed by Henry Koster. The film is a color remake of Gregory La Cava 's 1936 screwball comedy of the same name. Allyson played the role created by Carole Lombard in ...
Any film that tries to remake a classic will invariably suffer in comparison, and My Man Godfrey was no exception when it opened in New York in October 1957. The Sunday Herald called it a "hoked-up and updated version of the Hollywood depression-era hit of the same name [that is] just forced enough to throw the whacky story off the balance it barely retained in the original."
- Henry Koster, Frank Shaw, Wilson Shyer
- June Allyson
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, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on 1101 Park Avenue ...
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires ...
- (38)
- William Powell
- Gregory La Cava
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
Overview. The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves. We don ...
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My Man Godfrey. Released Oct 11, 1957 1h 32m Comedy. List. Reviews. 52% Audience Score 100+ Ratings. The new family butler (David Niven) of a Park Avenue socialite (June Allyson) is an Austrian ...
- Comedy
