My Man Godfrey - Criterion Collection

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	Gregory La Cava
Starring:	William Powell, Carole Lombard
Release date:	31 July, 2001
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My Man Godfrey - Criterion Collection

Average rating: Stars

Love the Color!

I was not expecting much from the colorized version, but I have to admit I was delighted! The colorization was done very well. There are no garish colors and it would appear to anyone seeing it that this is the way it was intended. When I watched it in comparison to the b/w version (also included on this disc)the color version is brighter and seems much clearer. I loved seeing the beautiful costumes in those blues, greens & golds. I would recommend this DVD to any movie buff!

My Man Godfrey - Criterion Collection - William Powell, Carole Lombard

My Man Godfrey (colorized)

Like some of the reviewers, I to was a bit afraid of the colorized version. I've seen the black and white version (VHS and the DVD) at least 15 times. To see Alice Brady walk into the hotel with her goat, her tan evening dress, and all the various colors (never noticed some of the items due to drabness of black and white)...I really think that the color enhances this film...but never gets in the way of the story line, or the great perfomances of the players. If you're a William Powell or Carol Lumbard fan and haven't seen this movie (let alone in color), I think you'll have to have it in your collection.

William Powell, Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey - Criterion Collection

Timeless Comedy Classic

My Man Godfrey (1936) embodies why we like to watch old movies. We are reminded of a simpler, more innocent time when people dressed, acted, and spoke with a degree of class that you do not often see in movies today. In such old films, there is no bad language, nudity, violence, or graphic sex. Yet much more is conveyed with a glance or a phrase than a whole modern movie sex scene.

This movie is just hilarious. The film opens with a bunch of rich ne'er do wells in a scavenger hunt for all kinds of bizarre objects. The scene is pure chaos and pure delight. One of the objects is to find a "forgotten man." A young, pretty, somewhat airheaded socialite named Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) encounters Godfrey (William Powell) in a hobo camp and persuades him to come with her. He soon becomes employed as the family butler, bringing some order to the chaotic Bullock household.

It soon becomes clear that there is more to this man than meets the eye. Godfrey has a mysterious past. The two sisters start vying for his affections. No one's life will ever be the same, as rich meet poor and some people learn some much-needed lessons.

One of the funniest characters in the film is a permanent "houseguest" who has no employ but somehow manages to mooch off them. He made me roar with laughter.