"Director: Gregory La Cava"

• My Man Godfrey | Blu Ray | (17/09/2018) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  William Powell and Carole Lombard star in an outrageous screwball sendup of Depressionera America CAROLE LOMBARD (To Be or Not to Be) and WILLIAM POWELL (The Thin Man) dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy, directed by GREGORY LA CAVA (Stage Door)a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and Depressionera social critique. Irene (Lombard), an eccentric Manhattan socialite, wins a societyball scavenger hunt after finding one of the items on the list, a lost man (Powell), at a dump. She gives the man she believes to be a downandout drifter work as the family butler, and soon falls head over heels in love. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the dysfunctional ways of the household make for an unbeatable series of madcap hijinks. La Cava's deft film was the first to garner Oscar nominations in all four acting categories, and it is one of Hollywood's greatest commentaries on class and the social unrest of its time. Features: New highdefinition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New piece about the film with jazz and film critic Gary Giddins New discussion about director Gregory La Cava with critic Nick Pinkerton Outtakes Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938, starring actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, and Mischa Auer Newsreels from the thirties documenting the class divide during the Great Depression Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

• My Man Godfrey | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £6.28   |  Saving you £-1.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

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  Ginger Rogers (Vivacious Lady Kitty Foyle) stars in this sparkling screwball comedy as a young lady determined to shake up polite society! Ginger plays Mary Grey cheerful but unemployed. Wandering in central park she meets and befriends Alfred Borden (comedy legend Walter Connolly - It Happened One Night Nothing Sacred). Alfred's a millionaire but money can't buy him happiness - his family all ignore him. Wanting to spice things up he hires Mary to pose as his mistress but even he isn't prepared for the hilarious consequences that will ensue from the offer!

• My Man Godfrey | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William Powell and Carole Lombard star in this classic screwball romantic comedy which was nominated for no less than Six Oscars. During the height of the Great Depression a party of drunken Manhattan Socialites go on a scavenger hunt in the city dump. Their aim - to find a 'forgotten man'. The man they find is Godfrey (William Powell) - a down-and-out who will change their lives forever. On a whim young Irene (Carole Lombard) takes Godfrey on as butler to the Bullock household. Soon Godfrey finds himself attending to the craziest family in Manhattan complete with two impetuous young daughters a drink-ravaged mother who sees pixies every morning and a father who is going quite insane. Dealing with their demands would be quite enough for Godfrey if he didn't also have to fend off the amorous attentions of Irene - and keep his own special secrets. Academy Award Nominations: Best Script: Best Director; Best actor; Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor; Best Supporting Actress.

• Stage Door | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The old adage - that there is a broken heart for every light on Broadway - is brought to life in thi four-times Oscar nominated blockbuster adapted from the long running Broadway stage play. Ginger Rogers Katherine Hepburn Lucille Ball Gail Patrick and Andrea Leeds star as a bevy of highly-strung showgirls and nightclub dancers hoping to make it big on Broadway. As they compete for auditions and try to avoid the casting couch of Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou) this group of tough-talking actresses develops a female camaraderie based on intense rivalry snappy dialogue and one-liners that would put down even the most hardened Broadway producer. As both romantic and artistic entanglements ensue the girls soon learn that in the world of the theatre the real drama takes place backstage...

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  Mr Man Godfrey:In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past... ; His Girl Fri...

• Screen Icons Collection (My Man Goddfery, Most Dangerous Game, The Outlaw) | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: 1. My Man Goddfrey 2. The Most Dangerous Game 3. The Outlaw

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  My Man Goddfrey

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  One of the top screwball comedies of all time My Man Godfrey is a story of a wealthy New York family in the 1930s that brings in Godfrey a destitute and ""Forgotten Man "" as its butler. William Powell plays the leading role brilliantly as Godfrey giving the family a madcap ride they will never forget. The first film to receive Oscar nominations in all four acting categories My Man Godfrey features stunning performances by William Powell and Carole Lo

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  Rich industrialist Walter Connolly feels unwanted by his wife and children so he hires unemployed Ginger Rogers to pose as his mistress.