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| My Man Godfrey | 
 enlarge | Category: Movie
Buy New: $6.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  139 reviews
Sales Rank: 7211
Rating: Unrated
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 94
ASIN: B000HACVOQ
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1936
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 1st time not completly pleased April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie was great but this is the first time the dvd was not perfect it skips near the end which is some of the best part, so even though I have always been pleased with the dvd I have gotten from here I will not want one fom this particular company again
 Great Price - Great Black and White Print - Legend March 28, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you're reading this review, you know that this is one of the greatest screwball comedies ever to come out of Hollywood, so we'll concentrate on the bargain price of the Legend Films release of this wonderful movie.
Since the beginning of DVDs, the only copy worth owning of My Man Godfrey was the very pricey Criterion copy. Not all movie-loving folks can feel comfortable divying up 35 bucks and more for their favorite films. So like myself, they were disappointed time-and-again by spending hard-earned cash on washed out, horrible public domain DVD prints, all the while wanting to own a nice, clean, audible copy of My Man Godfrey.
Over the past few years, Legend Films has been releasing classic black-and-white films in colorized versions (this will always gall movie purists; I too have always sworn off colorized black-and-white films).
On the flip side of the coin, Legend Films deserves a huge thumbs-up! for releasing BOTH the original Black-and-White version, as well as the Colorized print, of these classic movies. And Legend Films is not just Colorizing films, they are restoring them, as well. What this means for movie hungry fans like you and I, is that we are given a beautiful, almost pristine Black-and White print of some of our favorite movies at very reasonable prices, often much less than even the Hollywood studio companies are releasing on DVD. I've seen the Criterion version of My Man Godfrey, and yes, it is beautiful - I even own several Criterion films that I felt I couldn't live without - and I have to say that I see no real difference in the quality of the Black-and-White print included on the Legend Films version, versus the Criterion print. What is the difference, then, between a 35 dollar DVD from Criterion, and a $9.99 DVD from Legend Films?
What it comes down to, are the extras, as well as the time and effort that Criterion put into their own restoration of this important example of 1930's screwball comedy. And they did it first, releasing it at a time when no one else was taking the time and effort to restore and provide this wonderful film to the general public. So it comes down to choice; if you can afford the extra change, and you like all the wonderful extras (which I did!) on the Criterion release of My Man Godfrey, then that should be your choice. But if you are on a budget that doesn't allow you to spend that kind of change, you can't do any better at this time than the Legend Films BW/Colorized release.
And, if you're wondering, yes, I did take a peak at the colorized version. I watched about five minutes, then went back to the black-and-white version (which I'd already watched one time through). Not because it wasn't well done, but because that just isn't my taste. Anymore than watching a colorized version of Citizen Kane, or The Maltese Falcon, would be. If you want to watch the colorized version, do so. And thank Legend Films that you have both options.My Man Godfrey (Colorized / Black and White)
 Annoying RE logo in the bottom right corner February 15, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great movie. However there is an annoying RE logo in the bottom right corner throughout the whole picture. The only reason we do not return it is that it only cost $8... Some day a more professional version will be available and we will purchase it.
 William Powell is at his best February 6, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
A dysfunctional but seemingly wealthy family takes in a new butler of dubious background. In return the butler saves the family in more ways than one. (This is a comedy)
I really appreciate this movie on many levels. You may recognize several people types just in the Bullock family. The interaction between Carole Lombard and William Powell is worth watching in its self. I particularly like when Tommy Gray (Alan Mowbray) has to explain his earlier relationship with Godfrey.
As good as this movie is I still like the remake with David Niven and June Allyson just as well. My Man Godfrey (1957) but many of his movies are hard to find. Such as "The Statue" and "Prudence and the pill."
My Man Godfrey Starring: June Allyson, David Niven
The Rich Are Different From You and I January 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously is reputed to have said that the very rich are different from you and I. Well, hell we knew that. Nevertheless the premise of this little 1930's class comedy seeks to turn that proposition on its head, at least partially. William Powell as 1930's down and out hobo (although in reality just another scion of a rich family looking to find himself and his place in the world during the Great Depression) is singled out to be a reclamation project (as the family butler, of course) for the Mayfair swells, a society family of crazies.
In the process that family learns some lessons about how the other half lives and about the universal proposition that it is nice to be nice in the world. Especially a class conscious, ruling class conscious that is, daughter who is the foil for old Godfrey's antics. Add a little off-hand romance by Powell with a batty younger daughter played by Carol Lombard and all's well that ends well. Except, as I recall during the later part of the 1930's, the period when this 'slice of life' film was produced there were little things like the Little Steel Strike Massacre, the sit-downs in order to organize the automobile industry in Michigan and myriad other actions to `level the playing field' with the rich. But, my friends, that is another story.
William Powell, although always identified in my mind as the 'society' detective Nick Charles (with his lovely Nora, played by Myrna Loy, and the ever-present Asta)plays it straight here. Carol Lombard is, well, Carol Lombard a fine comedic actress. So suspend your disbelief and take this funny look at the class struggle for what it is worth.
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