Editing My Man Godfrey (section)

{{Short description|1936 American comedy-drama film directed by Gregory La Cava}}
{{About|the 1936 film|the remake|My Man Godfrey (1957 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = My Man Godfrey
| image          = My Man Godfrey (1936 poster - Style C).jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[Karoly Grosz (illustrator)|Karoly Grosz]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nourmand |editor1-first=Tony |editor2-last=Marsh |editor2-first=Graham |year=2003 |title=Film Posters of the 30s: The Essential Movies of the Decade |publisher=Aurum Press Limited |location=London |isbn=1-85410-938-3 |page=8}}</ref>
| director       = [[Gregory La Cava]]
| producer       = [[Charles R. Rogers]]
| screenplay     = [[Morrie Ryskind]]<br>Eric Hatch<br>'''Contributing writers:'''<br>[[Zoë Akins]]<br>Robert Presnell Sr.
| based_on       = {{based on|''1101 Park Avenue''<br>1935 novel|[[Eric S. Hatch|Eric Hatch]]}}
| starring       = [[William Powell]]<br>[[Carole Lombard]]
| music          = [[Charles Previn]]<br>Rudy Schrager<br>''(both uncredited)''
| cinematography = [[Ted Tetzlaff]]
| editing        = [[Ted J. Kent]]<br>Russell F. Schoengarth
| studio         = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor    = Universal Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1936|09|06}}
| runtime        = 94–95 minutes<ref name=":0" />
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $575,375<ref name="dick">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6kfBgAAQBAJ&q=nate+blumberg+universal&pg=PA108|first=Bernard K.|last=Dick|title=City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date= 2015|page=106|isbn=9780813158891}}</ref>
| gross          = $684,200<ref>Sedgwick, John and Pokorny, Michael (February 2005) "The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s" in ''The Economic History Review'' New Series, v.58, n.1, pp.79-112</ref>
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'''''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5200-MY-MANGODFREY|title=My Man Godfrey (1936)|website=AFI Catalog|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Wrigley, Charles|date=October 22, 2018|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-screwball-comedies|title=10 Great Screwball Comedy Films|website=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> 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.

The film was critically acclaimed, and was nominated for six Oscars in the [[9th Academy Awards]] including best actor for leads Powell and Lombard, supporting actors Auer and Brady, director and screenplay. It has a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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 [[My Man Godfrey (1957 film)|remade in 1957]] with [[June Allyson]] and [[David Niven]] in the starring roles.