Jean Rogers in
My Man Godfrey (1936)
starring William Powell and Carole Lombard
Summary:
This madcap satire is a landmark comedy, with witty dialogue, suspenseful comic twists, and a refreshingly irreverent style.
William Powell is the erudite butler Godfrey who is paired with Carole Lombard as Irene Bullock. The wealthy and beautiful
heiress discovers him sleeping in the city dump during a society scavenger hunt, and decides he would make the perfect butler.
Unbeknownst to her, this new "butler" Godfrey is even wealthier than she, and has a few lessons to teach her eccentric family.
Irene's formidable father Alexander, already overwhelmed by the colorful crew of family members in his midst, is mortified
by the prospect of having another oddball in his home. While Godfrey sets out to teach the Bullock family that money isn't everything,
Irene decides that Godfrey would not only make the ideal butler, but the ideal husband as well. This Depression-era comedy offers
full-force escapism, an energetic cast, and sophisticated social commentary -- it's a romantic romp with a taut script and
impeccable comic timing.
(From back of DVD Case)
Eye On Jean:
While this is an enjoyable movie, I can't recommend it to fans of Jean Rogers. She appears halfway into the movie in a scene
that runs for 16 seconds. It seems unusual by today's standards that an actress who starred in serials that run over 4 hours
in length would be used as an extra in a movie. In a Filmfax
interview, Jean Rogers explains "What happens when you're under contract -- which I was -- is that you have to do what they
tell you to do...When the studio is paying you, they don't want you to sit back for two weeks until a lead comes along."
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