Episode 568: My Man Godfrey (1936)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Screwball month continues with a look at Gregory la Cava’s My Man Godfrey. Based on the novel and co-written by Eric Hatch, the film stars William Powell as the titular Godfrey. He’s a forgotten man, living in a Hooverville in New York City where he’s picked up by a bunch of swells out on a scavenger hunt. Bringing in a forgotten man will net a lot of points and help Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) win the game. In return, she hires Godfrey as a butler to the wacky Bullock family. And, of course, hilarity ensues...

Kat Ellinger and Maurice Bursztynski join Mike to discuss the original adaptation as well as the 1957 version with David Niven and June Allyson.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:31.5	Andra!
0:32.3	And... Everything. Everything.
0:57.0	Just sit right down there like a good girl.
1:02.0	And in just a minute, you'll forget that you have any trouble. POMAYOR. Oh, and the Welcome to the projection booth.
1:34.4	I'm your host, Mike White.
1:35.3	Join me once again is Ms. Kat Elinger.
1:37.7	Hello.
1:39.0	Also, back of the booth is my protege, Mr. Morris Burshtinsky.
1:45.1	What's the name? is my protege, Mr. Morris Bershtinsky. Oh, Chichornia, Ochichornia.
1:49.0	What's the name of that song?
1:54.7	Ochichornia, Ochichornia.
2:01.6	Screwball month continues with a look at Gregory La Cava's My Man, Godfrey.
2:09.4	Based on the novel and co-written by Eric Hatch, no, not that Eric Hatch, the film stars William Powell as the titular Godfrey.
2:16.8	He's a forgotten man living in a Hooverville in New York City, where he's picked up by a bunch of swells out on a scavenger hunt.
2:21.5	Bringing in a forgotten man will net a lot of points and help Irene Bullock,
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